Laughton-1 well drilling operations commence
Published by Angharad Lock,
Digital Assistant Editor
Oilfield Technology,
Egdon Resources plc has begun drilling operations at the Laughton-1 exploration well in UK Onshore Licence PEDL209 located in Lincolnshire.
The Laughton-1 well was spudded 12 February 2016. The well will target a structural trap at a depth of over 1500 m defined on reprocessed two-dimensional seismic data. The Laughton Prospect has multiple conventional Carboniferous sandstone reservoir targets, with the primary objective being the Silkstone Rock, an approximately 15 m thick sandstone interval which is productive in the analogous Corringham Oil Field located 5 km to the south-east. The well will also target two other potential reservoirs called the Kilburn Sandstone and the Wingfield Flags.
The consolidated mean Prospective Resource volume for the three targets, is estimated by Egdon to be 1.3 million bbls of oil.
For clarity, the operations at the Laughton wellsite will not, either now or in the future, involve the process of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing for shale gas.
In January 2016, Egdon announced that Union Jack will earn a 10% interest in the Laughton-1 exploration well and two other conventional prospects in PEDL209, in return for paying 16.67% of the cost of the well.
Commenting on the start of drilling operations at Laughton-1, Mark Abbott, Managing Director of Egdon said: “We are pleased to report the start of drilling at Laughton-1 and we look forward to updating shareholders with the preliminary results from the well in around one months’ time. Onshore oil and gas projects remain commercially attractive even during a period of reduced commodity prices. Egdon’s conventional exploration drilling programme remains a key part of our strategy, with successful exploration capable of delivering near-term additions to our production and revenue stream.”
Edited from press release by Angharad Lock
Read the article online at: https://www.oilfieldtechnology.com/drilling-and-production/15022016/egdon-resources-commences-drilling-operations-at-the-laughton-1-well-2078/
You might also like
TotalEnergies increases its interest in giant field Moho and divests two mature assets
TotalEnergies announces that its 85%-owned affiliate, TotalEnergies EP Congo, has signed an agreement with Trident Energy combining the acquisition of an additional 10% interest in the Moho license from Trident Energy and the sale to Trident Energy of its 53.5% interest in the Nkossa and Nsoko II licenses.