UK Oil and Gas has completed a 2D seismic survey of the proposed Basur-3 mechanical sidetrack (B-3S) area in Turkey.
UK Oil and Gas has completed a 2D seismic survey of the proposed Basur-3 mechanical sidetrack (B-3S) area in Turkey. Drilling of B-3S is scheduled to commence after interpretation of fast-track seismic processing results, currently expected within the first quarter of 2022.
Together with its 50% partner and operator, Aladdin Middle East Ltd (AME), the company has prioritised 55 km of fast-track acquisition and processing to better define and optimize the B-3S drilling trajectory, plus a proposed Resan-6 drilling location. Data processing of the first phase by BGP in Abu Dhabi is underway.
Whilst the planned remainder of the survey, totalling up to a further six lines, will be important for the purposes of better defining the subsurface picture of the wider Basur-Resan geological structure and licence area, they are not envisaged to have a bearing on B-3S or Resan-6 drilling plans or operations. On this basis, this second phase of seismic acquisition has thus been paused whilst focus and resources are directed firmly towards drilling and the establishment of an inaugural producing well on the licence.
B-3S is located within the north-western structural culmination of the 60 km² Basur-Resan geological anticline, with a surface location approximately 1.2 km north of the 1964 Basur-1 oil discovery well. UKOG holds a 50% non-operated interest in B-3 and the surrounding 305 km² Resan M47-b1, b2 licence.
Stephen Sanderson, UKOG’s chief executive said: ‘Concluding the first tranche of our seismic programme, specifically geared to optimise the drilling trajectories of both the B-3S and Resan-6 appraisal wells, marks an important milestone for our Turkish assets. We look forward to the receipt of new processed data and the resultant recommencement of drilling operations.’
