InterOil Corporation’s Triceratops-3 appraisal well in Petroleum Retention License 39 in Papua New Guinea has flowed gas at 17.1 million standard cubic feet a day.
Stabilized flow rates were obtained over several five-hour intervals and were measured through a 72/64” choke with the flow constrained by tubing. The well reached a total depth of 2,090 meters, the company informed in a statement.
InterOil Chief Executive Michael Hession said the result underscores the region’s prospectivity, adding that the Triceratops results enhance the development optionality of the gas.
The company also revealed that the Antelope-4 side track appraisal well in Petroleum Retention License 15 has intersected the reservoir 36 meters higher than the original Antelope-4 penetration.
The well is being prepared for casing before drilling through the reservoir.