{"id":14073,"date":"2023-11-27T16:02:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T16:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=14073"},"modified":"2023-11-27T16:02:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T16:02:45","slug":"zimbabwe-invictus-energy-successfully-kicks-off-the-mukuyu-2-sidetrack-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-invictus-energy-successfully-kicks-off-the-mukuyu-2-sidetrack-well\/","title":{"rendered":"ZIMBABWE: Invictus Energy Successfully Kicks-off the Mukuyu-2 Sidetrack Well"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Invictus Energy has announced that the Mukuyu-2 well was plugged back with cement above the 9\u215d\u201d casing shoe (at approximately 1,966m Measured Depth (mMD) and drilling to kickoff the Mukuyu-2 ST1 (sidetrack) well was initiated and successfully achieved with 100% new formation drilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the successful kickoff of the 8\u00bd inch sidetrack well, the mud system has subsequently been<br>displaced to the planned lighter weight drilling mud and bottom hole assembly (BHA) changed out to<br>include a new drill bit and Measuring While Drilling (MWD) tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Exalo Rig 202 is currently drilling ahead towards the sidetrack section Total Depth at approximately<br>3,400mMD through the Upper and Lower Angwa reservoirs where multiple hydrocarbon bearing zones<br>were intersected in Mukuyu-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the conclusion of the drilling of the 8 \u00bd inch hole section, the sidetrack well will be logged<br>including wireline formation testing and final results provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The completion of the sidetrack will also allow for the well to be suspended for future flow testing<br>through running the 7-inch liner over this interval and retain the ability to drill, evaluate and test the<br>remaining portion of the Lower Angwa in 6-inch hole in future operations where over pressured gas<br>bearing reservoirs were encountered in the original Mukuyu-2 wellbore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invictus Energy has announced that the Mukuyu-2 well was plugged back with cement above the 9\u215d\u201d casing shoe (at approximately 1,966m Measured Depth (mMD) and drilling to kickoff the Mukuyu-2 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-invictus-energy-successfully-kicks-off-the-mukuyu-2-sidetrack-well\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14074,"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":false,"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":[7812,10938,11415,2767],"class_list":["post-14073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-invictus-energy","tag-mukuyu-2","tag-mukuyu-2-st1","tag-zimbabwe","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Mukuyu-2-V-Sidetrack-1.png?fit=477%2C516&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3EZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12951,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-drilling-of-the-mukuyu-1-has-recommences\/","url_meta":{"origin":14073,"position":0},"title":"ZIMBABWE: Drilling of the Mukuyu-1 has Recommenced","author":"","date":"December 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Progress and current operations Since the last update, the Mukuyu-1 well was successfully plugged back to the 9\u215d\u201d casing shoe (at approximately 2,020mMD) and drilling to kickoff the Mukuyu-1 ST1 (sidetrack) well initiated. 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