The latest probe, 6406/12-3B, being drilled by semi-submersible Transocean Arctic in VNG-operated production licence 586, will effectively appraise the stellar find made earlier this year.
The well is intended to better determine the current resource estimate of between 50 million and 170 million barrels of oil equivalent at Pil – translated as ‘arrow’ – that yielded a strong flow rate of 6700 barrels per day in a production test.
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