Thursday, October 14, 2010
TOTAL E&P Borneo has announced a "significant" new gas and condensate discovery in the ML-5 well, the deepest ever drilled in Brunei, located offshore in Block B, Total said yesterday.
In a press statement late last night, French oil and gas company Total said the ML-5 well, located in a water depth of 65m and around 50km from the coastline, was drilled eight km to the south of the Maharaja Lela/Jamalulalam field in a new, deep fault panel.
It discovered gas with condensate in High Pressure/High Temperature formations (HP/HT). With a total vertical depth of 5,664m, the well is the deepest ever drilled in Brunei, said Total.
During tests, 10 million cubic feet of gas and 220 barrels per day of condensate were produced, from a zone situated at 5,350m depth.
Total claims that this is the deepest successful test in Southeast Asia.
The gross thickness of the hydrocarbon bearing formation exceeds 800m, it said.
The ML-5 well is the third positive well of an exploration campaign which started in 2007, targeting the deep HP/HT horizons of the Maharaja Lela structure.
The development of the new resources and production through the existing facilities is currently being studied, Total said.
Total operates the Maharaja Lela/Jamalulalam field, located in Block B with a 37.5 per cent interest. Its average production of gas and condensate was more than 28,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day last year. The French company also announced that it would resume its explorations in Block CA-1, following the Deed of Amendment signed, with a 54 per cent interest.
The Brunei Times
In a press statement late last night, French oil and gas company Total said the ML-5 well, located in a water depth of 65m and around 50km from the coastline, was drilled eight km to the south of the Maharaja Lela/Jamalulalam field in a new, deep fault panel.
It discovered gas with condensate in High Pressure/High Temperature formations (HP/HT). With a total vertical depth of 5,664m, the well is the deepest ever drilled in Brunei, said Total.
During tests, 10 million cubic feet of gas and 220 barrels per day of condensate were produced, from a zone situated at 5,350m depth.
Total claims that this is the deepest successful test in Southeast Asia.
The gross thickness of the hydrocarbon bearing formation exceeds 800m, it said.
The ML-5 well is the third positive well of an exploration campaign which started in 2007, targeting the deep HP/HT horizons of the Maharaja Lela structure.
The development of the new resources and production through the existing facilities is currently being studied, Total said.
Total operates the Maharaja Lela/Jamalulalam field, located in Block B with a 37.5 per cent interest. Its average production of gas and condensate was more than 28,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day last year. The French company also announced that it would resume its explorations in Block CA-1, following the Deed of Amendment signed, with a 54 per cent interest.
The Brunei Times
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