Official information, recently disclosed, confirmed that Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) abandoned new-field wildcat Radew 1 in the 48/2009/L Tychowo permit in northwestern Poland in mid-July 2019. The well, drilled to the final depth of 3,400 m in the Lower Carboniferous series, was solely operated by PGNiG.  The Radew 1 well was spudded on 9 April 2019, using the Masseranti 6000E drilling unit. The well is located some 15 km southwest of the city of Koszalin. In a geological term, it is falling within the Pomeranian Trough, tectonic unit of the Danish-Polish Marginal Trough. The Tychowo permit is located in the Zachodnio-Pomorskie political province, some 100 km north-east of the city of Szczecin. It covers now the western part of the country's national grid block 65 and the northwestern sector of the block 85.  Radew 1 had a planned final depth of 3,400 m, targeting the Carboniferous and Devonian series.  On 30 April 2019, the well reached a depth of 2,286 m in the Lower Triassic series. By the end of May, Radew 1 reached a depth of 3,037 m in the Permian (Zechstein) succession. The final depth was reached on 19 June 2019. Testing was completed on 16 July 2019 and the well was plugged with gas shows.  Background Information  The Tychowo contract was granted to PGNiG on 20 August 2009. The contract had a six-year validity term. On 20 August 2015, the 48/2009/p Tychowo contract was prolonged until 31 December 2016. Concurrently, the permit was diminished in its eastern part and reduced from 807 sq km to 315 sq km. In 2016, the tract was extended and the operator commenced procedure for changing the rights in the tract from exploration to exploration-production. The process was concluded on 3 July 2018 and the designation of the tract was changed from 48/2009/p to 48/2009/L. At the same time, the contract received a new exploration term of five years, until 3 July 2023, and the production term of subsequent 25 years.  The latest exploration activity in the area dates back to late 2015/early 2016, when PGNiG completed the acquisition of Drzewiany 3D seismic programme. Earlier, in December 2012/January 2013, PGNiG acquired a 3D seismic survey Rabino, partly covering the Tychowo contract.  Targets in the area are related to the presence of the Lower Permian (Rotliegend) sandstone successions and the Upper Permian (Zechstein) carbonate series, proven hydrocarbon series. The latest exploration concepts include also the distribution of the underlaying Upper Palaeozoic - Devonian-Carboniferous - series in the subsurface, with the Carboniferous series being the most promising. Since 2016, PGNiG is progressing a new petroleum concept related to potential presence of hydrocarbon-charged syn-rift structures in the structurally lower parts of the basin.  To the west and northwest of the Tychowo region, there are the Daszewo oil, as well as the Bialogard and Daszewo North gas fields. Only a few wells are known to have been drilled within the area of the block, most of them during the 1960s and 1970s.  The latest drilling operation in the area dates back to December 2014, when PGNiG abandoned new-pool wildcat Daszewo 27k in the 15/2008/p Bardy permit. The well was drilled to the final depth of 3,727 m in the (undisclosed) Devonian series.
Poland (Pomeranian Trough (Danish-Polish Marginal Trough)) Tychowo