Occidental of Oman Inc (Oxy) has completed pilot hole drilling operations at the Saryiah 1 exploration well in its 4,085 sq km Block 9 (Suneinah) licence. The well was spudded in mid-August 2019 and reached a TD of approximately 2,490 m. Following the exploration and production sharing agreement revision in early-2017, rightholders in Block 9 are Occidental of Oman Inc. (50% operator), Oman Oil Exploration and Production LLC (45%) and Mitsui E&P Middle East BV (5%). Production from the block in July 2019 was reported to be approximately 91,000 b/d of condensate and 42,500 MMcfg/d. Â   Oxyâs prominent field in Block 9 is the Safah field. The Safah field was discovered in 1983 and produces oil from the Lower Cretaceous, Aptian, Shu'aiba Formation. The structure is a northward plunging faulted anticlinal nose radiating from the Lekhwair High. The anticlinal nose provides three-way dip closure with updip seal provided by a facies change to tight argillaceous lime mudstones. Structural dip averages less than 1Â° down the crest of the anticlinal nose. The field is divided into laterally equivalent east and west lobes, separated by a narrow structural low and coincident barrier of tight argillaceous limestones. The western lobe has generally a lower net to gross ratio, increased argillaceous content and more variable lithology than the eastern lobe. The eastern lobe is further subdivided into north-eastern and south-eastern lobes on the basis of reservoir PVT properties. The structure was probably modified by Late Tertiary orogenesis.
Occidental of Oman Inc completes drilling of Saryiah 1 exploration well in Block 9 (Suneinah)