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Furie to complete No. A1 well in 2017 Tells state in current plan it could drill fourth Kitchen Lights development well in 2017 or shift to exploration at offshore unit ERIC LIDJI For Petroleum News
Furie Operating Alaska LLC is mostly sticking to its plans at the Kitchen Lights unit.
In the coming year, the company told the state in a plan of development, it plans to finish the Kitchen Lights Unit No. A1 well and either drill a second development well into the same block or deepen the existing Kitchen Lights Unit No. 4 well to target the Sunfish Channel of the lower Tyonek Formation.
Furie brought the Randolph Yost jack-up rig to the Cook Inlet in May 2016 and completed two wells and started a third before the end of the open water season.
The company drilled the directional KLU No. A2 well to a measured depth of 7,038 feet and a total vertical depth of 5,210 feet before plugging the well back to 2,290 feet to be sidetracked. The KLU No. A2-A sidetrack reached a measured depth of 8,160 feet and a total vertical depth of 7,301 feet and is currently producing, according to the company.
Toward the end of the season, Furie started the KLU No. A1 well. The company intends to complete the well next year, “if advisable based on logs, data and market conditions.”
Production from two wells Kitchen Lights is currently producing from two wells - KLU No. A2-A and the KLU No. 3 discovery well. The wells encountered “numerous layers of pay” in the Sterling and Beluga formations. “The proposed development is designed to efficiently exploit these pools by completing the wells at various intervals. The more prolific Sterling reservoirs may be exploited in the first development wells to increase reserves and deliverability,” the company wrote in its plan. The initial well should produce between 15 million and 18 million cubic feet per day of extremely dry gas - approximately 99 percent methane for the time being, although the profile could change over time. “If analyses indicate that the well will support increased flow rates, production may be increased,” the company wrote.
The Julius R platform can currently accommodate as many as six wells. The two wells currently online and the two wells proposed for next year would still leave two slots, and while Furie suggested it was eager for the increased deliverability and production, the company told the state that “existing natural gas market constraints through 2019 may have an impact on the necessity of multiple wells.” The date refers to the end of several existing Hilcorp Alaska LLC gas supply contracts with large utilities in the region.
2017 plans The plan proposes two directions for the coming year.
If Furie decides to complete a fourth well into the Corsair block - one of four exploration blocks at the unit - it would be drilled to the stratigraphic equivalent of the Sterling flow-tested zones in KLU No. 3 - approximately 6,964 feet to 6,998 feet measured depth.
The company could also decide to drill the KLU No. 4 well to a depth to target the Sunfish Channel of the lower Tyonek Formation. The company drilled and completed the well in the Northern block of the unit in 2013 and 2014 and said that the well “encountered potential oil and gas reserves.” The company proposed deepening the well to target the Sunfish Channel in its previous plan of development in late 2015.
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