Vermilion Exploration, operator of the Battonya-Pusztafoldvar DÃ©l (South) contract in southeastern Hungary, disclosed in August 2019 that its new-field wildcat Battonya Eszak 9 tested at a flow rate of 3.4 MMcf/d during an eight-hour flow test (no formation water), with a stabilized flowing wellhead pressure of 739 psi on a 0.47-inch choke. The well, solely drilled by Vermilion, encountered 5 m-thick net pay over a gross interval at depth of 746-755 m within the Pannonian (Upper Miocene) sandstone succession.  Battonya Eszak 9, likely during May/June 2019, is located in the BÃ©kÃ©s county. In a geological sense, the wellsite is situated within the BÃ©kÃ©s Sub-basin, tectonic unit of the Pannonian Basin.  The well is believed to have planned total depth of approximately 1,000 m, with an objective within the Lower Pannonian turbiditic series (?Szolnok formation).  Background information  Hungarian government awarded the 471 sq km Battonya-Pusztafoldvar South contract to Vermilion Exploration, subsidiary of Vermilion Energy, on 12 June 2014. The permit holds the validity term of 30 years, ultimately until 12 June 2034.  The latest successful operation in the area dates back to early 2018, when Vermilion completed with gas new-field wildcat Mezohegyes Nyugat 7 (spudded early February 2018, announced successful well with gas on 1 March). The well encountered 7 m-thick net gas pay within the Upper Miocene (Lower Pannonian) sandstone series at a gross measured depth interval of 1,049-1,056 m. The series, with average porosity of 31%, yielded up to 5.8 MMcf/d on test.
Vermilion Energy Hungary Kft tested gas at a flow rate of 3.4 MMcf/d during an eight-hou in new-field wildcat Battonya Eszak 9 in southeastern Hungary