Salamander Energy Strikes Gas in Indonesia

Salamander Energy has announced a successful appraisal of the Tutung gas-condensate discovery through the drilling of the Tutung Alpha-3 appraisal well.

The Tutung discovery is located in the Bontang PSC, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Salamander is the operator of the Bontang PSC and has a 100% equity interest. 

The firm drilled the Tutung Alpha-3 well to a depth of 3,351 metres and found stacked sequences of deltaic sandstones in the target section. These sandstone intervals were evaluated using logging while drilling log data and wire-line pressure testing and gas and fluid sampling. Sandstones within the target formation were found to be gas-bearing, and individual units of up to 15 metres gross thickness were encountered. 

The well is currently being suspended, while work continues on the submission of a development plan for the Tutung gas-condensate accumulation, which will incorporate the well results.