Oil Search reports that as at 06:00 hours PNG time on 2 January, the Mananda 7 well was at a depth of 1,921 metres in a 121/4 " hole.
Since the last drilling report released on 19 December 2013, drilling progress has been 860 metres. The forward plan is to continue drilling ahead in a 121/4 " hole.
Mananda 7 is located in PPL 219 and is designed to appraise the northern extent of the field as well as test for the presence of a potential gas cap and be suspended as a potential future oil producer. The well is targeting the Toro and Digimu sandstones.
Oil Search reports that the Taza 2 well, located in the Taza PSC in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), spudded on 25 December 2013. As at 06:00 hours KRI time on 1 January 2014, the well was at a depth of 199 metres and preparing to drill ahead in a 24" hole. During the week, the 30" hole was drilled to 199 metres and the 26" casing was set.
Taza 2 is located 10 kilometres north-west of Taza 1 and will appraise the hydrocarbon-bearing intervals discovered by Taza 1 (Dhiban/Jeribe and Euphrates/Kirkuk Formations), as well as explore deeper Tertiary and Cretaceous targets including the Shiranish Formation.
