San Leon has spudded the first of three wells in the Karpaty area and Permian Basin in Poland.
The oil and gas explorer focused on Europe and North Africa announced the campaign earlier this year. It was designed to drill three shallow wells in a proven hydrocarbon trend area. The Kety exploration well was drilled using a rig from Exalo Drilling.
Company chairman Oisin Fanning said: “The drilling programme is the natural next step in our Polish story and we see it as an avenue to early production and hope to complete all three wells in the coming months.”
The Kęty well, which is on the Bestwina concession in Karpaty, is targeting gas in the Miocene sandstone with an estimated 4 Bcf mid-case recoverable from the prospect.
The area is already home to a significant pipeline structure. Tie-ins from the Kęty and Gierałtowice wells are expected to be in the range of seven to 18 kilometres.