Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd discovered oil at the Nahara-1 well in Block SK306 in the shallow waters of Balingian Province about 150 km from Bintulu off the coast of Sarawak, offshore Malaysia.
Nahara-1 was drilled to a total depth of 2,468 m and encountered hydrocarbon in the Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene aged sedimentary sequences. Light oil with minimal contaminants was also found after production testing was conducted on the well.
Petronas is operator of the block with 100% interest.
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
