Based on mud-log shows and wire-line logs, production casing has been run and cemented to test potential pay sands in a gross interval from 3,178ft to 3,600ft. Logs indicate the sands are clean with porosities in excess of 25%.
The production testing will be undertaken with the same completion rig that has now arrived in Idaho to test the previously cased ML Investments 1-10 and Espino 1-2 wells.
The exploratory drilling program is both ahead of schedule. The gross cost for all three wells drilled to date, including production casing, is less than $3m. The fourth well in this initial five-well exploratory drilling program is expected to spud within two days. The Teunissen 1-17 is located 7km southwest of the Espino 1-2 and has a projected total depth of 4,500ft, the companies said.
The first well to be tested with the completion rig will be the ML Investments 1-10. The completion procedure schedule anticipates that flow testing will commence within two weeks.
