3D survey under way in Timor Sea
Avery Resources Inc. has scheduled a 3D seismic survey for the Katandra prospect in the Timor Sea off Australia. Operator OMV Australia Ltd. will use theVeritas Voyager across a 681-sq-km (293-sq-mi) area that includes the 272-sq-km (105-sq-mi) AC/P 24 Katandra permit. The shoot is scheduled to run though mid-April, with processing and interpretation of the data expected around mid-August.
Avery says the Katandra discovery well is analogous to and lies on strike with the Jabiru oil field 28 km (17 mi) southwest. Jabiru has produced more than 100 MMbbl of oil to date. The discovery well in 100 m (328 ft) of water was drilled to 1,450 m (4,757 ft) and encountered 7 m (23 ft) of light, sweet crude oil.
Kambuna field, Indonesia, survey complete
GFI Oil and Gas Corp. says a 432-sq-km (167-sq-mi) 3D seismic survey by Veritas on the Glagah Kambuna field is complete, and processing is under way. Following the processing, independent engineers McDaniels and Associates will assess the results.
“This high-quality 3D seismic data will allow the company reserve at Kambuna field to have much better definition,” says Alex Warmath, GFI’s CEO. “Although the Kambuna field has been determined to be commercial, the ultimate size of Kambuna field (with a current 173 ft [53 m] gas column and no gas/water contact defined by drilling) has not yet been established. The new 3D seismic data will also ensure optimal positioning of the bottomhole locations of future wells. Kambuna field operator, Serica Energy, has a drilling rig under contract and plans to drill two more development wells in the last half of this year to complete the initial development drilling at Kambuna field.”
Based on that schedule, Warmath says first production can be expected in the second half of 2008.
BP schedules Caspian Sea survey
BP has awarded Reservoir Exploration Technology ASA a contract to acquire 4C seismic data over about five months on the Shah Deniz field offshore Azerbaijan in the southern Caspian Sea.
The survey will be conducted as an adjunct to an RXT operation scheduled to start in 2Q 2007 over the Kashagan field offshore Kazakhstan. The survey will extend to Shah Deniz in 4Q 2007, according to plans.
“The Caspian Sea has huge areas of prospective acreage requiring high-quality seismic data for future development,” says Michael Scogtt, CEO of RXT. “The VectorSeis Ocean technology, combined with RXT’s innovative acquisition methods, is ideally suited to meet these data requirements together with the highly varied operational challenges.”
Kenya L-6 seismic complete, airborne survey scheduled
TheGeomariner has completed a 1,240 km (771 mi) 2D seismic survey offshore Kenya in block L-6 for Gippsland Offshore and Pancontinental Oil & Gas. That work is to be followed by a 1,500-sq-km (579-sq-mi) airborne gravity gradiometry survey by the BHP Billiton Falcon. Interpretation of the airborne data is expected to be available in August.
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