SapuraKencana announces gas discoveries

PETALING JAYA: SapuraKencana Petroleum Bhd said its wholly-owned subsidiary, SapuraKencana Energy Sarawak Inc (SKE), has made another significant gas discovery from its three-well 2015 drilling campaign within the Block SK408 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) area, offshore Malaysia.
In a Bursa Malaysia announcement yesterday, the company said all three wells were targeted non-associated gas within the primary target Late Miocene Carbonate reservoirs.
It said that the first well, Jerun-1 is a significant discovery located some 5km north of the 2014 Bakong gas discovery.
“Based on analysis of electric log, pressure and sample data – Jerun-1 has an interpreted gross gas column of approximately 800m in the primary target reservoir and is a multi-TCF gas discovery,” it said.
It noted that the Jeremin-1 which is located about 15km west of the F9 gas field encountered a 104m gross gas column, while Putat-1, located 20km north of the Cili Padi gas field is confirmed as a dry hole. “All wells have been safely plugged and abandoned,” it said.
SapuraKencana said the two wells, Jerun-1 and Jeremin-1, are close to the existing infrastructure supplying gas to one of the world’s largest LNG facilities at Bintulu, Sarawak.
SKE is the exploration operator with a 40% working interest with partners Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd (30%) and Sarawak Shell Bhd (30%) holding the remaining interest.