Papua New Guinea: Triceratops-2 drilling near Bwata
InterOil Corp., Houston, has spudded the Triceratops-2 appraisal well in PPL 237 in Papua New Guinea.
The well, 2.1 miles west of the 1959 Bwata-1 gas-condensate discovery well and 2.9 miles southwest of Triceratops-1, is projected to 7,579 ft. It is predicted to penetrate the top of the carbonate reservoir 1,500 ft higher than the Bwata-1 gas-water contact. Bwata-1 tested as much as 28 MMcfd of gas and defined a 512-ft gas column, InterOil said.
More than 128 line-km of InterOil seismic has defined a larger structural closure than previously recognized. InterOil observed seismic facies character and geometries analogous to the Antelope reefal build-up.
Alan Petzet | Chief Editor Exploration
Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.