Salinas set to start California play
Australian explorer Salinas Energy is set to spud the first well of its
appraisal and development programme on the onshore North San Ardo oilfield
in the Salinas basin, California.
The Lombardi 27-1 well is the first of a four to five well programme that
targets recoverable reserves of about 10 million barrels of heavy oil.
It will be drilled by the Kenai Rig 4, which is expected to spud the well by
Friday this week.
These wells seek to better define the limits of the well and may bring the
field into production by the first quarter of 2007.
Two horizontal production wells are planned with production stimulated by
injection of steam.
North San Ardo was abandoned after minimal production over 20 years ago
during a period of low oil prices. It was mapped as an extension of the
producing San Ardo heavy oilfield immediately to the south which has
produced a total of 480 million barrels of oil.
Salinas has a 100% stake in the North San Ardo oilfield.
23 August 2006 02:06 GMT
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23 August 2006 02:18 GMT
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