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Friday, May 22, 2015
Mart Resources reported that drilling operations have concluded to side-track and deepen the UMU-8 well on the Umusadege field in Nigeria. Operations included the cementing off of existing intervals and recovering the upper and lower completions. The primary purpose of the side-track was to assess the deep potential in the UMU-8 area of the field.
The deep sands XVIIIa through XXI were previously found to be hydrocarbon bearing in the UMU-9, UMU-10, and UMU-13 wells. The UMU-8 side-track well reached a TD of 9,506 ft, and preliminary analysis of the wireline logs indicate that the well encountered 562 ft of gross hydrocarbon pay in 23 zones. Of the hydrocarbon pay encountered, six zones (XVIIIa, XVIIIb, XIX, XXa, XXb, XXI) with 139 ft of gross pay do not currently have any reserves allocation in the central accumulation of the field where UMU-8 is located.
The company said that the pressure and fluid samples over the zones of interest are currently being taken. Once analysis of the pressure and fluid samples is concluded, plans are to run a 7-inch liner and complete the well in the appropriate intervals, followed by extensive testing.
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