PGNiG, FX Energy sink Mieczewo gas probe

Spinning the bit: PGNiG and FX Energy spud western Polish probe

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Bill Lehane

 14 January 2013 16:54 GMT

Polish explorer PGNiG and US independent FX Energy have sunk a fresh exploration probe in their Fences concession in western Poland.

Drilling has gotten under way on the Mieczewo-1K exploration well, which aims to test a Rotliegend sandstone structure at a projected depth of 3360 metres, the Salt Lake City, Utah-based explorer said.

It is located to the west in the 850,000-acre concession, which PGNiG operates on a 51% stake to FX Energy’s 49%.

FX said meanwhile it had reached a depth of around 2050 metres on its wholly-owned Tuchola-3K well in northern Poland, planned to test a Main Dolomite target at approximately 2,550 meters and an independent Devonian oil target at a…

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