CARIGALI-TRITON MAKES THIRD GAS DISCOVERY ON BLOCK A-18 IN GULF OF THAILAND.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 1996--Triton Energy announces that Carigali-Triton Operating Company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. (CTOC CTOC Câmara dos Técnicos Oficiais de Contas (Lisbon, Portugal) CTOC Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee CTOC Corps Tactical Operations Center CTOC Cumulative Table of Contents CTOC California Toll Operators Committee ) has made its third consecutive gas discovery on Block A-18 in the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area (JDA JDA Japan Defense Agency JDA Joint Development Agreement JDA Janne da Arc (band) JDA Joint Duty Assignment JDA Jerusalem Development Authority JDA Jovian Detention Authority (gaming) ) in the Gulf of Thailand Noun 1. Gulf of Thailand - an arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula Gulf of Siam South China Sea - a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons . Drilled to a total depth of 11,808 feet in 182 feet of water, the Cakerawala East-1 well was the deepest drilled to date in the JDA. It was drilled nearly 4,000 feet deeper than the Cakerawala Field discovery well, the Cakerawala-1A. Drilled on a separate fault block from the Cakerawala-1A, the Cakerawala East-1 also confirmed the presence of deep reservoir sands (overpressure overpressure, n excessive pressure applied at the end of a physiologic joint range to confirm the severity of pain, thus helping determine the manual treatments. zones) never encountered in the JDA. Normal-pressure zone In the normal-pressure zone, Cakerawala East-1 was tested at a combined daily flow rate of 22 million cubic feet (MMcf) of gas and 131 barrels of condensate condensate, matter in the form of a gas of atoms, molecules, or elementary particles that have been so chilled that their motion is virtually halted and as a consequence they lose their separate identities and merge into a single entity. through a two-inch choke from two upper sands. This rate is comparable to test-flow rates exhibited by these principal productive zones in the first two wells drilled on Block A-18, the Cakerawala-1A and the Suriya-1 well, an exploratory well drilled on a separate structure to the east of the Cakerawala Field. Secondary objectives in the normal-pressure zone appeared wet and were not tested. Cakerawala East-1 was flow tested from two selected intervals between 3,877 and 4,167 feet. The condensate was 51.8 degrees API gravity The American Petroleum Institute gravity, or API gravity, is a measure of how heavy or light a petroleum liquid is compared to water. If its API gravity is greater than 10, it is lighter and floats on water; if less than 10, it is heavier and sinks. . Deeper zones Cakerawala East-1 is the first well drilled by CTOC on Block A-18 to reach deeper reservoir sands in the overpressure/high-temperature zones. These zones contain multiple, abnormally high-pressured sandstones that suggest the potential for additional gas reservoir gas reservoir In geology, a naturally occurring storage area, characteristically a folded rock formation, that traps and holds natural gas. The reservoir rock must be permeable and porous to contain the gas, and it has to be capped by impervious rock in order to form an sands below the horizons proven productive in the first two wells drilled on the block. Testing was attempted on four intervals. The deepest interval exhibited strong gas shows during drilling, but operational difficulties were encountered during testing that prevented an adequate evaluation of this deeper zone. The next two zones appeared to be wet. The test results of the fourth zone were inconclusive due to harsh well-bore conditions. CTOC plans to evaluate these newly discovered zones at a future date. Exploration and appraisal program "To expedite development of Block A-18, CTOC plans to drill up to four appraisal wells this year," said Al Turner, Triton Senior Vice President, Operations. "We look forward to ongoing exploration and appraisal of the Cakerawala Field with Petronas Carigali, along with the continued support and cooperation of the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority." Drilling is scheduled to begin shortly on two appraisal wells that will be drilled simultaneously by semisubmersible sem·i·sub·mers·i·ble n. A seagoing, self-propelled barge that rides at anchor, stands on partially submerged vertical legs on submerged pontoons, and serves as living quarters and a base of operations in offshore drilling. rigs, the "Falcon" and the "Actinia." One well, the Cakerawala-2, will be located approximately 6.5 km (4 miles) north-northwest of Cakerawala-1A, with another appraisal well, the Cakerawala-3, located approximately 3 km (2 miles) west of Cakerawala-1A. CTOC also plans to drill two additional exploration wells in 1996 on separate geologic structures from the three exploration wells already drilled on Block A-18. The Bulan-1 well will be drilled 13 km (8 miles) northwest of the Cakerawala-1A. The Bumi-1 well will be drilled 4 km (2.5 miles) east of the Suriya-1 well and approximately 14 km (9 miles) east of Cakerawala-1A. The Cakerawala East-1 well is located 4.25 km (2.5 miles) east-southeast of the Cakerawala-1A well. Block A-18, which covers 290,590 hectares (726,474 acres), is located about 450 km (280 miles) from Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (kwä`lə l  m`pr), city (1990 est. pop. , Malaysia, and 750 km (465 miles) from Bangkok, Thailand, in the northern Malay Basin. CTOC, the operator of Block A-18, is jointly owned by Petronas Carigali (JDA) Sdn. Bhd., an exploration and production subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad, the Malaysian national oil company, (50% interest), and a subsidiary of Triton Energy, (50% interest). Triton Energy (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : OIL) is an international oil and gas exploration company primarily focused on high-potential prospects around the world. CONTACT: Triton Energy, Dallas W. Greg Dunlevy or Crystal C. Bell, 214/691-5200 |
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