The well, which was drilled using the Crosco M-501 rig, targeted a fault-bound dip closed structure of Cretaceous aged reservoir on trend and about seven kilometers north of the Khurbet East field.
According to the company, the Safa-1 well is interpreted to have encountered the Cretaceous Shiranish formation at 1,937m MDBRT (1,448m TVDSS) and the Cretaceous Massive formation at 1,953m MDBRT (1,464m TVDSS).
Three consecutive core sections were cut between 1,942m and 1,975m MDBRT (1,453m and 1,486m TVDSS), with a total recovery of 31.4m of core, sections of which were stained with viscous oil.
Evaluation of wireline logs indicates a net reservoir interval of 9.9m with an average porosity of 13% and an average oil saturation of 74%, the company said.
Gulfsands conducted well testing operations in open hole over sections of the gross reservoir column in three stages, however only formation water of low salinity plus traces of viscous oil were recovered to surface, even after an acidification of the net reservoir interval was performed.
The company has plugged and abandoned the Safa-1 well as a non-commercial heavy oil discovery.
