San Leon Sees Bakken-like Future at Polish Well
UK-based explorer San Leon Energy has reported a successful stimulation test on the Czaslaw-1 well in the Nowa Sol licence, Poland.
In a statement the company says the test was designed to obtain critical formation data, including formation pressure, system permeability and skin damage. It involved a limited-volume acid wash followed by a flow period and a shut-in period.
The results of the test indicate system permeability in line with that in the Bakken Formation in North America, source of much successful shale gas mining.
The analysis also indicates high skin factor (5-9), suggesting significant flow improvement potential.
Oisin Fanning, the executive chairman, said the results were "as good as we could have expected". He said further success would pave the way to a "Bakken-type resource play".
San Leon staff areworking with Denver-based stimulation experts to finalise a forward plan for the Czaslaw-1 well. The company will provide a further update once the next steps are finalised.