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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Kenya saw a new well spud off its shores, the Sunbird-1 well on Block L10A. The well, operated by BG Group, was spud using the Deepsea Metro 1 drillship.
The Sunbird-1 well is planned to take 50 to 60 days to drill to 3,000 meters below sea level, with an option to extend to 3,700 meters. Extensive wireline logging and both pressure and fluid sampling are planned. The Joint Venture intends to plug and abandon the well accordance with normal good oilfield practice regardless of the drilling outcome. It is planned to leave the well in a condition that would allow re-entry at a later date. Water depth is 721 meters.
Sunbird-1 is the first-ever test of a Miocene Pinnacle Reef offshore East Africa and the first-ever exploration well in L10A in the Lamu Basin offshore Kenya. Sunbird-1 is regarded as a ‘tight hole’ exploration well and results will be announced after completion of the drilling and assessment and integration of the gathered data.
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