San Leon drills first shale-gas well, in Poland
By Iain Packham
marketwatch.com
LONDON -(MarketWatch)- Oil and gas explorer San Leon Energy PLC said Thursday it has taken a step closer to proving the commercial viability of producing gas from the Baltic Basin in Poland, after its first shale gas exploration well in the Baltic Basin in Poland was successfully drilled.
San Leon Chairman Oisin Fanning said: "The successful drilling and data gathering at the Lewino 1G-2 well is a significant milestone for San Leon and our partnership with Talisman Energy."
The Talisman Energy Inc. operated well, on the Gdansk West Concession in Poland, was drilled to 3,600 meters. San Leon said an evaluation of the core and logs is expected to take three to four months in preparation for continued operations later in 2012.
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Poland: Baltic shale well has continuous gas shows
ogj.com
HOUSTON, Nov. 17
By OGJ editors
Talisman Energy Inc., Calgary, has completed drilling a shale gas exploratory well in the Baltic basin in Poland.
The Lewino 1G-2 well, on the Gdansk W concession, went to 3,600 m and encountered continuous gas shows over more than 1,000 m in middle and lower Silurian shales, Ordovician, and upper Cambrian, said partner San Leon Energy PLC (OGJ, Nov. 7, 2011, p. 36). Gas shows consist of methane with small percentages of ethane, propane, butane, and pentane.
More than 310 m of core were taken in the well to evaluate the rock properties, and an extensive open hole logging program was also performed to further evaluate the potential of the area. Evaluation and interpretation of the core and logs is expected to take 3-4 months in preparation for continued operations later in 2012.
Following completion of the well for potential future operations, Talisman will move the rig to the Braniewo concession to spud the Rogity-1 well, to be followed by a well on the Szczawno concession. Future operations are expected to include a long-offset horizontal and multistage frac.
The next step, San Leon Energy said, is to evaluate the geological data in preparation for the next phase: to prove the viability of commercially producing the huge quantity of gas from the Baltic basin. |
