FX Energy Reports Poor Showing in the Main Dolomite

FX Energy, an independent explorer with a focus on Poland, has reported on drilling at a 36 meter section of Main Dolomite in the Tuchola-3K well.

The Main Dolomite is the first of two target zones in this well. Very good gas shows were observed throughout the entire 36 meter section, but the drill stem test (DST) of the Main Dolomite from 2,641 to 2,677 meters did not encounter any inflow of gas or fluid. Core samples confirm that the Main Dolomite is tight and the fractures are cemented with anhydrite. Drilling will continue on the Tuchola-3K well to test a projected Devonian oil target at a depth of 3,180-3,820 meters.

"The Main Dolomite is present as mapped and charged with gas as we had expected," said Jerzy Maciolek, vice-president, international exploration. "The problem we have encountered in the Tuchola-3K well, as with other Main Dolomite fields in Poland, is that reservoir quality is capricious: portions of the reservoir are cemented while other portions are quite porous and permeable. Clearly the Main Dolomite is gas charged and a nearby area with better reservoir properties should yield favorable results.'

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