Dragon completes further Caspian development wells
March 16, 2010
Dragon Oil has completed testing of two development wells in its Cheleken Contract Area fields in the Caspian Sea Turkmen sector.
Offshore staff
ASHKABAT, Turkmenistan -- Dragon Oil has completed testing of two development wells in its Cheleken Contract Area fields in the Caspian Sea Turkmen sector.
The Dzheitune (Lam) A/142 well was drilled to a sub-surface depth of 3,961 m by the Iran Khazar rig, with the short string testing 1,180 b/d of oil and the long string 923 b/d.
Dzheitune (Lam) 13/143 was drilled to a depth of 3,450 m by Rig 40. In this case, the short and long strings tested respectively 1,144 b/d and 1,024 b/d. Further testing and optimization should take place over the coming weeks.
The Iran Khazar rig has been re-positioned to enhance production from another well on the same platform via a workover. Rig 40 has skidded to slot 1 on the Dzheitune (Lam) 13 platform and will shortly start drilling the Dzheitune (Lam) 13/144 well.
