KrisEnergy begins Bangora drilling onshore Bangladesh

KrisEnergy Ltd., an independent upstream oil and gas company, has announced that the Bapex Bijoy 10 rig has commenced drilling of the Bangora-6 development well in the Block 9 production-sharing contract, onshore Bangladesh.

Bangora-6 is being drilled from the Golpanagar site in the northern section of Block 9 and is planned to reach total depth at 3786 m (12 421 ft) measured depth, or 3053 m (10 016 ft) total vertical depth subsea.

Block 9 covers 1770 km² and is located approximately 50 km east of Dhaka. In 2015, gross production from the Bangora field averaged 106 million ft³ of gas per day and 291 bpd from four development wells.

KrisEnergy is the operator for Block 9 with a 30% working interest. Other partners in Block 9 are Niko Exploration (Block 9) Ltd with a 60% working interest and Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited with 10%.

Adapted from a press release by David Bizley

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