In July 2019, Rhein Petroleum GmbH officially disclosed that the production well Bedernau 2 on the Arlesried oil field in the Rieden concession in southern Germany was abandoned with hydrocarbon shows. The well was drilled in 2014 to the final depth of 1,495 m in the Bausteinschichten reservoir by the equal partners Rhein Petroleum and Wintershall Dea.  Bedernau 2 was drilled from 8 to 18 September 2014, using the âT-48â drilling unit of ErdÃ¶l Erdgas Workover GmbH. The well, placed in the northern sector of the field, is located some 40 km southeast of the city of Ulm in southern Germany (Bavaria). In a geological sense, the well is situated in the Molasse Basin.  The well had a planned total depth of 1,504 m. The production concept was to capture residual oil within the reservoir formation (Bausteinschichten) near the Arlesried 11 and 13 wells.  Background Information  Located 45 km southwest of Augsburg, the Rieden concession holding the Arlesried field discovered by BEB in 1964, is an enclave in the Schwaben Sued contract. Six exploratory wells were drilled following the discovery, with recoverable reserves put at 16.5 MMbbl of oil and 30 Bcf of gas, from Triassic, Jurassic and Oligocene reservoirs. The field, covered by small production licenses (Arlesried I-V, 3 sq km each) produced around two million tonnes of crude oil (1.97 MMbbl) between 1964 and 1995. The crude oil from the Arlesried field is a high-quality light crude oil, with low sulphur content. Wintershall stopped production in 1995 because of the then economic conditions.  In late 2009, WIHO drilled new-pool wildcat Bedernau 1 on the Arlesried oil field and pronounced the well as unsuccessful operation in October 2013. Depending on the test results from the Bedernau 2 well, additional wells could be drilled on the field, as Wintershall is considering re-activation of exploration/production in the area (construction of a processing plant in Bedernau or a pipeline to the companyâs production facility on the Aitingen field, some 50 km to northeast, is also mooted).
Rhein Petroleum GmbH pronounces Bedernau 2 well as unsuccessful