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Friday, September 13, 2013
Cooper Energy’s testing of the Hammamet West-3 well on the Bargou Permit in Tunisia has been delayed. The company estimates that testing will now commence on September 16. The delay was caused when the test string was run in the hole but lost circulation material (used to control mud losses while drilling the fractured reservoir) was encountered in the 7” liner, creating a blockage.
Cooper said the test string has been retrieved and inspected and that operations are currently
running back in the hole to clean-up prior to proceeding with the test.
Hammamet West-3 is located 15 km offshore and 1.6 km east of Hammamet West-2 in 54 meters water depth. The well is a highly deviated wellbore through the naturally fractured Abiod Formation. The results to date have confirmed the presence of open fractures and hydrocarbons and the objective of the production test is to confirm sustainable productivity. The production test is being conducted over the entire 432-meter Abiod Formation that has been accessed by the near horizontal wellbore.
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