Zhaikmunai provides update on re-entry drilling operations at Chinarevskoye Field

03.04.24 11:20
/KASE, April 3, 2024/ – Zhaikmunai LLP (Oral), whose bonds are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press release dated April 2, 2024: quote Zhaikmunai LLP, a subsidiary of Nostrum Oil & Gas PLC ("Nostrum" or "the Company" and together with its subsidiaries "the Group"), an independent oil and gas company engaging in the production, development and exploration of oil and gas in the pre-Caspian Basin, is pleased to provide an update on Nostrum’s well No.301 re-entry drilling operations, the first of a two well re-entry drilling programme at its Chinarevskoye field to be completed in 2024. The well No.301, reaching a total depth of 4,980 meters, has been drilled on time and on budget and is awaiting completion operations with start-up expected mid- 2024. It had multiple in-fill targets across the Carboniferous and Devonian age reservoirs. Hydrocarbons (oil, gascondensate) have been encountered across 3 key intervals. The results are in line with the Company’s expectations of initial well rates of 400 to 700 boepd. The drilling rig will now move to the next well, No.41, with expected spud mid-April and start-up in Q3 2024. unquote The complete press release in Russian and English has been published at – https://kase.kz/files/emitters/ZHMN/zhmn_information_020424.pdf [2024-04-03]