Unocal drills oil in Seno

Unocal drills oil in Seno

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (Dow Jones): Unocal Corp. (UCL) said three intervals of a deepwater appraisal well in the West Seno field offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia, is flowing at a combined rate of 19,344 barrels of oil and 18.6 million cubic feet of gas a day.

In a press release Wednesday, the energy resource company said the well, drilled in 3,101 feet of water, yielded 398 feet of vertical oil and gas pay between 6,690 feet and 9,010 feet true vertical depth subsea.

Unocal said its Unocal Makassar Ltd. unit plans to develop the West Seno deepwater oil and gas field with its venture partner Mobil Makassar Inc.

The West Seno field is one of several prospective areas in the greater Seno structure of the Kutei Basin, the company said.