Gazelle-113 Mar 2025 11:57
Gazelle 1 was an unexpected curve-ball for me (potentially positive) and I don't recall seeing it mentioned on here recently.
Just refreshing myself, this was suspended in October 2019:
Petro, when conducting drilling and logging at operations at the Gazelle-1 well, found no economically recoverable hydrocarbons at the Lower Tsagaantsav target.
The company explained: "The Lower Tsagaantsav reservoir objective was encountered at 2,280 metres, 20 metres deeper than the pre-drill prognosis. The interval penetrated was shale dominated and no hydrocarbon pay was identified on the logs."
In the Upper Tsagaantsav reservoir, Petro said "good wet gas shows" were recorded.
Petro added: "Three metres of net oil pay in good quality sandstone have been defined on the logs."
Casing is now being run at Gazelle-1, which will be suspending as Petro conducts further evaluation.
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Gazelle-1 was targeting 13mmbbls but was also testing the potential for material stratigraphic traps in the southern extension of the Tamsag Basin. The Upper Tsagaantsav reservoir results support this theory and will be the focus of the post well evaluation.
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Hopefully they'll be able to get this one flowing too. 13 millions barrels, although not huge would be a welcome addition to the production portfolio.
GLA & ATB.