Romania - EIII-1 Brodina Block : Appraisal and Exploration
Romania - EIII-1 Brodina Block : Appraisal and Exploration
The Brodina Block contains the Voitinel Gas Discovery, made by
Europa and its partners in 2009 and now at the appraisal stage.
The Voitinel-1 exploration well encountered gas in two sandstone
intervals at around 1400 and 1650m depth. The deeper of these
tested dry gas at flow rates of 3 mmscfpd, but appeared to be close
to a reservoir boundary, limiting the ability to maintain flow for
long periods. A fracture stimulation was undertaken which led
to accessing past the boundary for more sustainable flow. The
Operator, Aurelian, has assessed that approximately 6bcf will be
producible from each vertical well in this reservoir.
The Voitinel play extends some 40km to the south of the well,
which was drilled close to the northern edge of the structural
trend, having been proven by recent wells drilled by Romgaz at
Paltinu. One well sustained gas flow rates of 5mmscfpd for
one week, indicating that the reservoir in the southern part of the
play could be better quality than in the first well.
The current resource estimate for the 'Greater Voitinel' play,
including the yet undrilled Solca structure, is up to 250bcf
recoverable (70 bcf gross). It is anticipated that up to 2
appraisal wells will be drilled in 2011.