SapuraKencana strikes gas at final SK408 Block well offshore Malaysia


Dateline 2014-08-29, Oil & Gas Technology:

SapuraKencana Energy Sarawak (SKE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SapuraKencana Petroleum, has made another gas discovery from Bakong-1, the fifth and final well in its 2014 drilling campaign within the SK408 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) area, offshore Malaysia

SapuraKencana strikes gas at final SK408 Block well offshore Malaysia

Bakong-1 is a significant discovery with a gross gas column in excess of 600 metres in the primary target reservoir within the Late Miocene Carbonates.

This discovery augments the earlier announced four well discoveries made on 9 June 2014 and completes the five well drilling programme slated for this year as part of the SK408 work campaign.

SKE is the operator with a 40 per cent working interest with partners Petronas (30 per cent) and Sarawak Shell (30 per cent) holding the remaining interest.

SK408 Block is located in shallow waters approximately 120 kilometres offshore Sarawak covering an area of approximately 4,480 square kilometres in the prolific Central Luconia Gas Province.

 

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