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AOGCC posts Kitchen Lights well data Reports document gas flow testing from six perforated sections of the well at various levels in the Sterling and Beluga formations ALAN BAILEY Petroleum News
The drilling documentation for the Kitchen Lights Unit No. 3 well that Furie Operating Alaska LLC will use for initial production from its new Kitchen Lights gas field, offshore in Cook Inlet, has now been posted on the website of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Furie drilled the well in 2013 using its Spartan 151 jack-up drilling rig - drilling data generally becomes publicly available through the AOGCC 24 months after a well is completed.
The documentation indicates that Furie perforated six sections of the well bore, where gas may be produced. Three sections are in the Sterling formation and three are in the deeper Beluga formation. Upper Sterling perforations are between depths of 4,190 and 4,221 feet, while lower Sterling perforations are between 4,565 and 4,592 feet, and between 4,600 and 4,632 feet. Upper Beluga formation perforations are between 5,941 and 5,959 feet, and between 5,999 and 6,005 feet. Lower Beluga perforations are between 6.964 and 6.998 feet. The total depth of the vertical well is 10,380 feet.
Flow tests conducted The documentation also indicates that Furie conducted gas flow tests from the well between June 25 and June 29, 2013. The total cumulative gas produced from these tests amounted to 15.8 million cubic feet. Of this, 8.2 million cubic feet came from the upper Beluga, 2.9 million cubic feet from the lower Beluga, less that 1 million cubic feet from the upper Sterling and 4.7 million cubic feet from the lower Sterling, the documentation says.
Furie has said that it hopes to produce 85 million cubic feet per day of gas at field startup at the beginning of January, depending on what gas sales contracts the company has established at that time. At the beginning of August the company completed the installation of its Julius R. production platform over the No. 3 well, having previously completed an onshore facility for treating the gas and a subsea pipeline for shipping the gas to shore. It will be necessary to hook up the pipeline to the well prior to starting the commissioning of the field, probably in November.
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