Conoco appraises oil well<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Conoco Indonesia Inc., a contractor for state
\noil and gas firm Pertamina, has announced finds of gas and oil
\nfrom its drilling in the West Natuna Sea.<\/p>\n
Pertamina's spokesman Ramli Djaafar said in a statement on
\nFriday that Conoco's Belanak No. 5 appraisal well sprouted a
\ntotal of 8,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and 7.5 million cubic
\nfeet per day (MMSCFD) of natural gas during the recent drill stem
\ntests.<\/p>\n
Ramli said the well had been drilled to a total depth of
\n10,720 feet (3.2 kilometers) on the north flank of the Belanak
\nfield in the B Block of West Natuna Sea.<\/p>\n
Four drill stem tests were conducted in the deeper sand at
\n8,355-8,466-feet and top sands at 8,024-8,034 feet subsea. The
\nzones tested 2,850 bpd and 4 MMSCFD, and 5,150 bpd and 3.4 MMSCFD
\nrespectively.<\/p>\n
Conoco Indonesia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Conoco Inc.
\nbased in Houston, has a 40 percent interest in the Belanak field
\nand operates it along with Japan's Indonesia Petroleum Ltd (35
\npercent) and the United States-based Texaco Inc. (25 percent).<\/p>\n
In September this year, Conoco conducted four drill stem tests
\non the Belut No. 3 exploration well, which flowed a combined rate
\nof 5,600 bpd from the zones at 5,300 feet and 8,300 feet. Belut
\nNo. 3 was drilled to a total depth of 10,450 feet.<\/p>\n
Both the Belanak and Belut fields will be developed in the
\nnext two to three years. Belanak is one of eight Conoco's gas
\nfields that will be developed to support the West Natuna Gas
\nproject development. (jsk)<\/p>",
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