Max Petroleum: ASK-2, Triassic Duster
Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, announced today that the ASK-2 well has been drilled to a total depth of 3,412 metres without encountering any viable reservoirs in the deeper Triassic section, which was the primary objective. The well will now be completed as a production well in the shallower Jurassic reservoir at depths between 1,281 and 1,287 metres and the PM Lucas ZJ-50 rig will be released.