{"id":11856,"date":"2022-02-18T08:28:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T08:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=11856"},"modified":"2022-02-18T08:28:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T08:28:46","slug":"south-africa-kinetiko-to-test-all-of-koorhaan-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/south-africa-kinetiko-to-test-all-of-koorhaan-wells\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTH AFRICA: Kinetiko to test all of Koorhaan Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span dir=\"ltr\">Korhaan-3:<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span dir=\"ltr\">The TD of the Production Section was called at 449m after\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">encountering tight formations. Gas was detected early at around 177m but showed\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">strongly from 265m downwards, going off the scale of the inline meter (&gt;10,000\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">ppm) from that point onwards. Early pre-logging test flows were very encouraging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">Logging operations are now complete and analysis is underway. Initial indicators are\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">good, showing significant gassy sand intervals and several coal stringers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span dir=\"ltr\">Well Testing:<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span dir=\"ltr\">All three wells will now be flow tested, with long flow and shut-in\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">periods envisaged to seek stability of rates and pressures with repetition for data\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">confidence. Each well is expected to take 8-10 days to test, to ensure trustworthy\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">information to assist our geological and economic modelling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">The operations were unfortunately suspended for two weeks after a severe\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">thunderstorm resulted in a lightning strike on the wellhead at Korhaan-5 where the\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">Company had<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">the<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">test<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">rigup<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">completed, which<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">resulted<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">in<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">damage<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">to<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">the\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">communications system to the downhole pump. Due to the need for\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">replacement parts and transducers to be imported flow testing operations are\u00a0<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">expected to resume during the last week of February.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">Drilling and logging that has been completed across the three Korhaan wells has indicated substantial consistency in the carbonaceous geology. With gassy production sections commencing at 130m (Korhaan 4), 150m (Korhaan 5), 177 (Korhaan 3) all three wells reached a very similar terminal depth between 432m and 450m. This provides the Company with greater confidence that further wells drilled adjacent to the Korhaan wells will intersect similar gassy geology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">The three Korhaan wells have been established over a small percentage of the first of 79 potential gas compartments identified so far by aeromagnetic surveys completed, illustrating the enormous potential for future drilling exploration success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Korhaan-3:\u00a0The TD of the Production Section was called at 449m after\u00a0encountering tight formations. Gas was detected early at around 177m but showed\u00a0strongly from 265m downwards, going off the scale of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/south-africa-kinetiko-to-test-all-of-koorhaan-wells\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":11857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7445,11],"tags":[10183,955,10073,2371,2716],"class_list":["post-11856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-coalbed-methane","tag-gas","tag-korhaan","tag-south-africa","tag-well-testing","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/South-Africa-Cross-section-of-the-Korhaan-well.png?fit=791%2C545&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-35e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11687,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/south-africa-koorhan-3-4-5-strike-gas-flow-testing-ongoing\/","url_meta":{"origin":11856,"position":0},"title":"SOUTH AFRICA: Koorhan 3, 4, 5 Strike Gas, Flow Testing Ongoing","author":"","date":"January 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"HIGHLIGHTS Korhaan-5 drilling reached TD (Terminal Depth) at 432m. Korhaan-5 gas was sensed throughout the drilling of the Production\u00a0Section and will now be logged to establish stratigraphy and gas\u00a0bearing sediments. Korhaan-4 well has been successfully logged and flow rate testing is\u00a0planned to commence next week. 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Well Korhaan-4 Having successfully completed the drilling of the production section from 130m to 443m, significant preliminary gas flows were established under choked conditions. 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