Asia-focused explorer Salamander Energy is hoping to expand commercial gains from its Indonesian onshore licence following successful West Kerendan appraisal.
The WK-1 well has reached its total depth and has successfully tested gas from the Upper Berai reservoir confirming approximately 119 metres of net pay at 2,514 metres true vertical depth.
The Upper Berai reservoir also contains a second gas at some 84 metres deeper than the main Kerendan field at a depth of 2,940 metres.
The company estimates the new find holds between 133billion – 682billion cubic feet of recoverable gas, plus an estimated 50billion cubic feet of recoverable gas in the lower gas column.
Subject to an approval Indonesian authorities, the new discovery could boost gas sales from the current Kerendan field, holding an estimated 180billion cubic feet of recoverable plas, if it supplied to the gas-fired power plant that is currently being constructed adjacent to the Kerendan field,
Testing of the WK-1 has also indicated eight metres of net gas-bearing sandstones within 250metre section of Eocene Tanjung formation, which the company is looking to test further.
“The results to date from the West Kerendan-1 gas discovery support our belief that the area has potential to be an important gas province,” said James Menzies, chief executive of Salamander.
“Following completion of the testing programme, our immediate focus will be on appraising and expediting the commercialisation of discovered gas in the Upper Berai.
“We are also pleased to find gas-bearing sandstones in the deeper Tanjung formation and will be determining the optimum route to further appraise this interval with its very significant upside potential.”
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