Following an openhole drill stem test (DST), the DR-2 well in the Khorat Basin in Thailand will be suspended after it failed to flow at a sustained commercial rate.
The DR-2 well was drilled to a depth of 2,212m true vertical depth sub-sea (m TVDSS) into the eastern flank of the Dao Ruang structure, targeting a swarm of faults and fractures identified from high resolution 3D seismic.
However, the well intersected a number of fracture zones with associated gas shows and experienced gas influx associated with a fault system.
The company said that gas shows were seen all the way to total depth with no sign of water.
The rig will now move to drill Dao Ruang-3 in a different location on the structure which the company estimates could hold up to 500 billion cubic feet of gas in total.
The MB Century 26 rig will now be mobilized to the Dao Ruang-3 (DR-3) drilling location.
