RE: News19 Nov 2023 17:40
Indeed we have the potential to be huge, just look at the report for 802 just how big is the oil column ....Deep Well 802
In June 2022 we spudded Deep Well 802 on the Yelemes Deep structure. This was the sixth and final deep well
required under the original BNG work programme.
The well had a planned Total Depth of 5,200 meters targeting oil in the easier to drill Sandstone rather than
Carboniferous rock, with an initial target at 4,300 meters. The well was drilled close to the site of a Soviet era blowout
and our advisers provided us with the highest estimate of success for any of our BNG deep wells drilled to date.
Oil was encountered sooner than expected at a depth of approximately 3,900 meters and before the well had been
completed, leading to a decision to drill a new side-track from a depth of 2,416 meters to approximately 4,100 meters,
targeting the oil at the higher level previously encountered.
With approximately 100 meters still to be drilled the well flowed over a period of 3 days at rates fluctuating between
700 and 900 bopd.
Work at Deep Well 802 was suspended waiting on additional equipment. Accordingly, the crew at Deep Well 802
was moved to work on Shallow Well 142. The crew has now returned to Deep Well 802 and we expect to complete
our work at Deep Well 802 in Q3 2023.