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Friday, June 28, 2013
Mart Resources, Inc. and its co-venturers, Midwestern Oil and Gas Company Plc. (operator of the Umusadege field), and SunTrust Oil Company Ltd. updated their work on getting the UMU-11 well in Nigeria drilled.
The UMU-11 well was originally planned to spud in the third slot of the UMU-9 drilling pad. When trying to clean out the 20-inch conductor that was previously pile driven to a depth of approximately 300 ft, the UMU-11 well encountered an obstruction at a depth of approximately 275 ft. Retrieval and milling operations were attempted to utilize this drill slot, but were unsuccessful. It is believed that the 20-inch conductor is bent or kinked, which caused an obstruction.
The rig will now be skidded forward to a new slot utilizing the existing drilling pad.
The main objectives for the UMU-11 well are proven oil reservoirs encountered, but not completed, in the UMU-9 and UMU-10 wells. These sands were previously logged and sampled. The UMU-11 well’s objective is to test four of these oil-bearing sands, and if successful, complete these sands for production.
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