Kazakhstan

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling the SAGW-2 appraisal well on the Sagiz West Field in Block E. Total depth of the well will be approximately 1,400 metres, targeting Triassic reservoirs. Source

Roxi Petroleum, the Central Asian oil and gas company with a focus on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that, following the successful drilling of the NK-9 well, the NK-10well was spudded on 28November 2011. The well is planned to drill to a total depth of 1500 metres to appraise the …

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce a drilling update of its activities in the Blocks A&E Licence area in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Successful appraisal well at Zhana Makat The ZMA-A19 development well in the Zhana Makat Field …

Tethys Petroleum Limited today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with the Uzbek State oil and gas company, National Holding Company “Uzbekneftegaz” (“UNG”) establishing a programme for Tethys to obtain two new Production Enhancement Contracts (“PECs”) on two existing oilfields in Uzbekistan. The MOU represents an agreed …

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce a production update of its activities in the Blocks A&E Licence area in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Company began testing the KZIE-1 discovery well in the East Kyzylzhar I Field, flowing …

Tethys Petroleum Limited today announced that the Cretaceous sand interval on the AKD06 Doris appraisal well had tested oil at a rate of over 4,300 barrels of oil (“bopd”) per day. “This is a very successful appraisal of the Doris discovery and once again shows the good flow potential of …

Tethys Petroleum Limited today gave an update on the initial results of the AKD06 Doris appraisal well in Kazakhstan. Drilling data and wireline logs indicate oil in both the Cretaceous sandstone and Jurassic limestone reservoirs. The Cretaceous sandstone has been encountered above prognosis and at a higher elevation than in …

Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that Saipem’s National 1625 DE onshore drilling rig for its deep, pre-salt exploration programme has been released from the previous operator’s location and is currently being mobilised to drill the NUR-1 well …

Tethys Petroleum Limited today gave an update on its operations in the Republic of Tajikistan. Testing operations are underway on the East Olimtoi EOL09 exploration well located south of the town of Kulob some 10 km north of the Afghan border. This well reached a total depth of 3,765 metres …

Tethys Petroleum Limited today announced the initial logging results of its KBD01 (Kalypso) exploration well drilled in the Kul-Bas block some 50 km north west of the Doris oil discovery. The well has now reached total depth in what is initially interpreted to be rocks of Carboniferous age. Electric logs …