In the first quarter of 2020, Occidental of Oman Inc (Oxy) completed drilling operations at the Julnar 1 exploration well in its 4,080 sq km Block 9 (Suneinah) licence after reaching a TD of 3,397 m in the second 6-1/8" lateral hole. No result has been reported however a 2-7/8" completion has been run. The initial vertical pilot hole was drilled to a depth of 1,919 m, wireline logs were run and the well was plugged back. Julnar 1 was spudded on 17 January 2020 and has an initial PTD of approximately 2,550 m. Following the exploration and production sharing agreement revision in early-2017, participants in Block 9 are Occidental of Oman Inc. (50% - operator), OQ Upstream (45%) and Mitsui E&P Middle East BV (MEPME) (5%).
Julnar 1 nfw. (Oxy 50% op, OQ Upstream 45%, Mitsui 5%) in Block 9 (Suneinah), ops. terminated at TD=3397m, no results but completion string run. 