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Incremental scores first at Edirne



By Upstream staff 

Australia’s Incremental Petroleum has struck gas in the first Ikihoyuk-1 well, the first well of its drilling programme on the Edirne field in western Turkey’s Thrace basin.

Incremental said in a statement that it had struck about 28 net metres of potential gas pay in the onshore well’s target zone between depths of 323 and 468 metres.

The well was drilled to total depth of 520 metres.

Incremental, the operator of the Edirne project, said it was running five-inch casing before moving the rig to spud the Ortakci-1 well.

The well will be tested along with any other discoveries at the end of the drilling campaign, which is expected to take six weeks.

Incremental said the pay was more than three times than that estimated from seismic data. It said the gas was also found deeper than expected.

Incremental holds a 55% stake in the Edirne field, while fellow Australian player Otto Energy holds 35% and two local Turkish companies hold 5% each.


Friday, 04 April, 2008, 02:16 GMT  | last updated: Sunday, 06 April, 2008, 23:56 GMT

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