Italian giant Eni discovered pay at the first appraisal well of its Merakes discovery offshore Indonesia.
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The company successfully drilled and tested the Merakes 2 well, in the prolific offshore Kutei Basin, under the production sharing contract (PSC) in East Sepinggan.
The well was drilled to a depth of 2732m in 1269m water depth, where Eni encountered 17m of clean sands with very good petrophysical characteristics of Pliocene age, confirming the extension also in this new area of the 2014 discovery by the well Merakes 1, the company said.
The production test, which was limited by surface facilities, recorded an excellent gas deliverability of the Merakes reservoir, Eni said. It also allowed the company to collect all the necessary data and information to perform all the studies for the future commercial exploitation of the discovery. Merakes is currently estimated to have 2 Tcf of gas in place with further additional potential to be evaluated.
Merakes is situated some 35km from the Eni-operated Jangkrik field, which is expected to start producing through a floating production unit in Q2 2016.
“The proximity of Merakes 2 discovery to the Jangkrik field will allow to maximizing the synergies with existing nearby infrastructures as well as to reduce costs and time of the execution of the future subsea development it confirms the success of Eni the near field, exploration and appraisal strategy,” Eni said.
In March 2015, Eni completed post drilling studies that indicated a significant upside gas potential at the Merakes-1, with an estimated 2 Tcf of gas. Original estimates were 1.3 Tcf. Merakes was first discovered in October 2014.
Eni is the operator of the East Sepinggan PSC with its affiliate Eni East Sepinggan holding 85% interest, with Pertamina Hulu Energy holding the remaining 15%.
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