Turkmennebit (Turkmenneft) has resumed appraisal (outpost) drilling in the Ekizak gas/condensate field in western Turkmenistan (onshore South Caspian Basin). Well Ekizak 16 has been drilled to a TD of 3,600 m and has tested gas. Although the operator does not provide any further technical details of the test, the well may have discovered a new pool as the previously established reservoir in the Lower Red Bed Series occurs at a shallower depth of 2,770 m.  The Ekizak field was discovered in 1977. A total of 17 exploration and appraisal wells had been drilled in the field before drilling operations were terminated in 1981. The fieldâs initial recoverable 2P reserves are estimated at 146 Bcf of gas and 1 MMb of condensate. The Pliocene Red Bed Series is the main regional hydrocarbon play in the South Caspian Basinâs Turkmenistan sector.
Ekizak-16 appr Ekizak gas/cond field area, South Caspian Basin in W. Turmenistan, TD 3,600m, tested gas from what is possibly a new, deeper pool than the standard Lower Red Bed at 2,770m. 