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Shaikan-3 Shallow Appraisal W
Shaikan-3 Shallow Appraisal W.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 9144Y Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd 05 January 2011 \n \n\nNot for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States or jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and Bermuda where to do so would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction.\n \n \n05 January 2011\n \n \nGulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP)\n(\"Gulf Keystone\" or \"the Company\")\n \nKurdistan Operational Update:\nCompletion of Drilling and Testing Operations on the Shaikan-3 Shallow Appraisal Well\n \nGulf Keystone announces the completion of drilling and testing operations on its Shaikan-3 shallow appraisal well. This well was designed to drill and test the Cretaceous intervals in the immediate vicinity of the Shaikan-1 discovery well. The Company has a 75 percent working interest in the Block and is partnered with the MOL subsidiary, Kalegran, and Texas Keystone which have the remaining 20 and 5 percent working interests respectively. \n \nThe well drilled the entire Cretaceous interval and on into the Jurassic Sargelu formation. A total of two open hole and two cased hole flow tests were conducted in the Cretaceous. As a result of these tests, log evaluations and recovered fluid samples, the Company's current P50 to P10 estimate of Garagu oil in place volumes is 220 million to 2.2 billion barrels. These Garagu resources are in the lower portion of the Cretaceous (between 1060m and 1157m). The Shaikan partner group will formulate a development plan for these resources. \n \nThe large spread between P50 and P10 volumes is due to the uncertainty with respect to the exact nature of the Cretaceous down dip, on the flanks of the Shaikan structure. If the Cretaceous is oil bearing near the flanks, then the P10 volumes become more likely and it is possible that the oil will also be less viscous and of higher API gravity.\n \nIn the mean time, due to the different characteristics of the Cretaceous oil, the Shaikan-3 well has been completed as a second Jurassic producer from the Sargelu formation and will flow into the same test facilities as the Shaikan-1 well.\n \nJohn Gerstenlauer, Gulf Keystone's Chief Operating Officer commented \"The Cretaceous resources evaluated by the Shaikan-3 well are massive by any standard. ...