Dor30 Oct 2018 08:35
• KL3 EWT flow sequence commenced ahead of planned detailed KL4 test.
• KL3 has flowed 40°-41° API crude oil continuously under natural flow to surface (i.e. without
any pump) over a 50-hour initial planned oil flow period. Oil flow commenced immediately on opening the well up with minimal pressure “draw-down”. First planned 24-hour shut-in and pressure build-up test (“PBU”) now underway.
• Sustained continuous oil rates of between 563 and 771 barrels of oil per day (“bopd”) on 36/64 inch and 38/64 inch choke, respectively, recorded over last 24 hours with gas rates up to 186,000 cubic ft per day measured through enclosed flare.
• Flow sustained at stabilised bottom hole pressure, with rates significantly higher than those reported over the short-term flow periods in 2016 and with nil produced water.
• Initial well productivity index of between 1.4 to 2.5 bpd/psi is around twice that seen in 2016 KL3 test.
• Simultaneous pressure data recorded in overlying KL4 is indicative that KL3 and KL4 are one single connected oil pool with an implied minimum vertical extent of 358 ft.
• The KL4, which flowed at a reported rate of 901 bopd over a 4-hour period in 2016, will be flow tested after completion of the current KL3 EWT.