Salamander spuds Indonesia offshore well

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Wed, 2014-07-02 09:16

02nd July 2014

Salamander has announced the spudding of the North Kendang-2 exploration well (NK-2), a re-drill of the North Kendang-1 (NK-1) well in the South East Sangatta PSC

Salamander spuds Indonesia offshore well

Salamander has a 75 per cent operated interest in the South East Sangatta PSC

NK-2 will be drilled to a depth of approximately 2,878 metres total vertical depth subsea (TVDSS) in order to evaluate the Upper Miocene section.

The Ocean General semi-submersible rig, which has now been fitted with managed pressure drilling equipment to enable it to manage the anticipated pressure regime, will be used to drill the NK-2 well.

Salamander has a 75 per cent operated interest in the South East Sangatta PSC.

NK-1 was drilled to 2,535 metres TVDSS when it encountered a high pressure wet gas kick in the Upper Miocene, which led to it being plugged and abandoned on 13 April 2013.

Costs related to the NK-1 well control incident, and to drilling the NK-2 well to this same depth, are covered under the Company’s insurance policies.