On 9 November 2017, DNO reported that its Peshkabir 3 appraisal well on the Tawke (Zagros Foldbelt Basin) block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is undergoing extended production testing across a horizontal section of more than 1.2 km of Cretaceous and Jurassic aged reservoirs. The first oil zone at the toe of the well flowed more than 3,000 bo/d on a 64" choke. Altogether, ten oil zones and one gas zone have been identified for testing. <P />The well is the second appraisal well to the Peshkabir 1 discovery and follows the successful Peshkabir 2 appraisal well. It had a PTD of around 4,000m and was designed to test the northern extension of the Cretaceous reservoir. Peshkabir 3 forms part of a fast-track Field Development Plan (FDP), which DNO is understood to have submitted to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in October 2013. It also includes the acquisition and installation of an early production facility by the end of 2017 and a pipeline connection to the Tawke export terminal at Fish Khabur.<P />Designed to target a large undrilled feature to the west of the Tawke Field, the Peshkabir 1 exploration well reached a final TD of 4,092m in April 2012 and encountered oil shows in Cretaceous, Jurassic & Triassic intervals. The subsequent acquisition of 200 sq km 3D seismic over the discovery area significantly improved imaging of the northern and southern flanks of the structure, with interpretations indicating significant bulk volume upside potential (formations below the OWC possibly offering additional up-dip potential) and confirming that Peshkabir 1 was drilled at structural closure. The structure is a high-amplitude anticline, which forms a mountain range on the surface, with shallow layers outcropping to the surface on the flanks of the structure.<P />Peshkabir 2 was spudded in early October 2016 and reached a final TD of 3,500m in February 2017. It discovered oil in Cretaceous horizons and confirmed oil in the Jurassic reservoir discovered by Peshkabir 1. The well had been located to appraise the Jurassic up-dip from the discovery well location on the western part of the Tawke PSC area, in addition to testing additional prospectivity in the Cretaceous. <P />DNO Iraq AS operates the Tawke block with a 75% interest and is partnered by Genel Energy International Ltd (25%).
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