InterOil Corp. has been advised by Total E&P PNG Ltd, operator of Petroleum Retention License 15, in the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea, that the Antelope-6 appraisal well encountered top reservoir within expectations at approximately 2076 m (6811 ft) true vertical depth sub-sea (TVDSS).
Preparations are underway to run the 9 5/8" liner before drilling ahead into the reservoir section.
The Antelope-6 appraisal well is located 2 km east-south-east of the Antelope-3 well and is designed to provide structural control and reservoir definition on the eastern flank of the Antelope field. Antelope-6 spudded on 23 December 2015 and has a proposed total depth of approximately 2464 m (8084 ft) TVDSS.
Edited from press release by Angharad Lock