Leyshon Tests Water in Ordos Basin Gas Well

In an update on its Zijinshan Gas Project, located in Ordos Gas Basin in Central China, Leyshon Resources has said that it has discontinued the testing of well ZJS6, the second well drilled in the current programme, located on the southern boundary of the licence due to technical problems.

The company said that several of the zones tested, which elsewhere in the field are dry, have produced water.  “It has not been possible to isolate or to accurately define the source of the water nor to determine whether these are issues specific to well ZJS6 or more general to this area of the licence.”

It is possible that the well may be revisited at later date to attempt to isolate the water and to test different zones, the company said.

All three wells, ZJS5, ZJS6 & ZJS7, are part of an initial programme designed to explore and test the potential for commercial gas production in a highly prospective and unexplored 380 sq km central depression area that appears to demonstrate good continuity with the neighbouring Sanjiaobei discovery.