Oil and gas company Conrad Petroleum has flowed gas from the Mako South-1 appraisal well in the Duyung PSC in the Natuna Sea, offshore Indonesia.
Conrad is the opearator of the Natuna Sea PSC with 90% interest and Empyrean Energy is its partner with the remaining 10% interest.
The Mako South-1 well was spud on June 16 with the COSL Seeker jack-up drilling rig and reached its planned total depth of 1,707 feet earlier this week.
According to a Wedesday update by Empyrean, the oil and gas development company with interests in China, Indonesia and the United States, the Mako South-1 well has flowed on Drill Stem Test (DST) at a rate of 10.9 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfgpd) on a choke of 128/64. The well is currently shut in for buildup, Empyrean added.
Cleanup operations started early on June 26,2017, and by midday on June 27 the well was flowing at a rate of 10.9 mmcfgpd through 128/64 inch choke with a surface flowing pressure of 225 psi. The gas is pure methane completely devoid of any traces of H2S (hydrogen Sulphide) or CO2 (carbon dioxide), the company further said.
Tom Kelly , Empyrean CEO, commented: “Empyrean is absolutely delighted with the rate gas has flowed at Mako South-1 well, our first major exploration project since our efforts of re-building the portfolio. It is a great credit to the Conrad team and Empyrean’s participation has been made possible through the efforts of our Mr. Frank Brophy.
“We have a very aggressive and potentially transformational program over the next six months and our first project achieving this level of success has exceeded both ours and Conrad’s expectations.”