Zhanros drilling’s ZJ-20 rig spudded the BCHW-1 explorationwell at the Block E play, which is targeting a total depth of around 1400metres.
The Baichonas West prospect is a four-way anticlinetargeting unrisked mean resources of 10 million barrels of oil in Jurassic andTriassic reservoirs, Max Petroleum said.
Last week, it emerged Zhanros Drilling had agreed to fund upto $7 million of drilling and workover services in a bid to enable MaxPetroleum to complete its programme in Kazakhstan before the exploration periodof the licences expire in March.
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