(Colombo-Lankapuvath) Cairn India the parent company of Cairn Lanka, known for its pioneering technology in exploration in this part of the world is continuously innovating and upgrading its technology as part of its effort to move into the realms of next generation technology. The Company’s state of the art 3D Visualisation Centre in Gurgoan, India would soon become a collaboration centre that would support their G&G (geological and geophysical), drilling and production.
The centre, which is capable of supporting 24/7 monitoring of drilling operations, will have collaborative surface interpretation using geo science applications, field development and sub surface asset management.
Cairn Lanka, which began their drilling operations in August this year, has within the last 4 months drilled 2 wells Dorado and Barracuda, both of which had positive hydrocarbon deposits. The company has now moved on to drill its 3rd well in their Mannar basin block SL 2007-01-001.
Meanwhile, Cairn Lanka is also in the planning for acquiring additional 3D seismic data which is likely to be sometimes next year. The CLPL-Dorado-91H/1Z was the first oil well to be drilled in Sri Lanka after a 30-year gap and hit success in discovering hydrocarbons. A gross 25m hydrocarbon column in a sandstone between the depths of 3043.8-3068.7m, it has been discovered to be predominantly gas bearing with some additional liquid hydrocarbon potential. Further drilling will be required to establish the commerciality of the discovery.
In mid November Cairn Lanka notified the appropriate authorities in the Government of Sri Lanka of a Gas Discovery in their second well, the CLPL-Barracuda-1G/1. This was the second back to back discovery by Cairn Lanka in Sri Lanka - which has been in the hunt for oil for more than 30 years.
This is the second well in a three well frontier basin programme. Cairn Lanka Private Limited is the operator and has a 100% participating interest in the block. The well was drilled to a total depth of 4741metres(m) in water depth of 1509m and encountered 24m of hydrocarbon bearing sandstone in three zones between the depths of 4067m and 4206m. The reservoirs are predominantly gas bearing with some additional liquid hydrocarbon potential.
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