LONDON (Yosefardi) – Salamander Energy confirmed the gas discovery at the West Kerendan-1 exploration well which lies within the Bangkanai PSC, in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Salamander has a 70% operated interest in the WK-1 well.
The West Kerendan-1 exploration well has reached total depth and has successfully tested gas from the Upper Berai reservoir and will be potentially completed as a future producing well following completion of the testing program.
Following wireline logging, pressure and sampling programmes, Salamander can confirm that gas has been encountered in four zones: Middle Miocene sandstones, Oligocene Upper Berai and Lower Berai formation carbonates and the Eocene Tanjung formation sandstones.
Following the successful test in the Upper Berai formation, Salamander will open discussions with the Indonesian authorities with a view to including the West Kerendan discovery in the Kerendan field plan of development. This enlarged field development would then form the source of incremental gas sales to the gas-fired power plant that is currently being constructed adjacent to the Kerendan field.