KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas subsidiary Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd has made a gas discovery at the Hadrah-1 wildcat exploration nicely of Block SK411, positioned within the shallow waters of Balingian province about 170km northwest off the coast of Sarawak.
In an announcement, Petronas mentioned the Hadrah-1 nicely was efficiently drilled to a complete depth of 1,850m in November 2021 and encountered gas inside an roughly 200m thick sequence of high-quality sandstone and carbonate reservoirs.
Petronas Carigali is the operator of the block, with 90% taking part curiosity in its manufacturing sharing contract whereas the remaining 10% is held by E&P Malaysia Venture Sdn Bhd.
“The gas discovery in the Hadrah-1 wildcat exploration well by PCSB further proves the promising prospectivity in the underexplored Cycle I, II & III plays within the Balingian province.
“The excellent quality of reservoirs encountered augurs the remaining potential in the surrounding areas, with PCSB well positioned to pursue the untapped similar plays in Blocks SK411 and SK306.
“We look forward to delivering more natural gas, the cleanest fossil fuel, safely and reliably to the market,” mentioned Petronas Vice President of exploration, upstream, Emeliana Rice-Oxley.
Hadrah-1 is Petronas’ third gas discovery on this province in 2021, after Sirung-1 and Kulintang-1 in March and May respectively.
In 2019, oil and gas was additionally found inside the identical play at the D18 area.
