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while the Kurrachine Dolomite failed to flow oil during an open-hole
test
i
.
In
Iraq
, WesternZagros Resources Ltd. has made a new oil
discovery at the Mil Qasim-1 exploration well in the Kurdistan
Region of Iraq. Mil Qasim-1 was drilled to a total depth of 2,425 m.
The well encountered a gross oil bearing column in the Upper Fars
Formation. The company has previously announced -by late 2011-
that Mil Qasim-1 well was cased to a depth of 2,129 meters and
successfully drilled and wirelined logged to a final total depth of
2,425 m. The planned testing program of the Upper Fars sandstone
reservoir was ongoing. An initial open hole drillstem test conducted
in the lowermost part of the wellbore successfully flowed oil to
surface with no associated water
ii
. In Q1 2012, the Iraqi ministry
of oil has announced a discovery of light oil at a depth of 2,363 m
in Dima Field in Maysan governorate. Oil was encountered in at an
unexpected structure, according to the ministry
iii
.
Moreover, Talisman Energy Inc. has confirmed the presence of
light oil at the Kurdamir-2 well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
The well flowed at un-stimulated rates of 7.3 million cubic feet per
day of natural gas and 950 barrels of oil and condensate per day,
with no indications of water and no observed decline. This open-
hole drill stem test was conducted only over the upper 55 m of the
Oligocene reservoir. A total of 140 m of gross reservoir (88 m net)
was identified through wireline logging. The Kurdamir-2 well is a re-
drill of the Kurdamir-1 discovery well, 2 km away, which was drilled
in 2009 but not completed. Talisman is operator of the Kurdamir
i
Gulfsands, official website31/1/2012
ii
Nasdaq, 16/2/2012
iii
The Iraqi Ministry of Oil, Official Website, 18/1/2013
