Oil India spuds Sindhuja#1 well
At long last the weather was good enough to allow Oil India to spud its first offshore exploration well in nearly two decades on June 5 using Transocean rig GSF-140 at eastern offshore block CY-OSN-2009/2.
Oil India director exploration and development Sudhakar Mahapatra led company VIPs aboard the rig when well Sindhuja#1 was spud at the apparently 'auspicious' time of 12.15 pm in water depths of 415 metres. Sindhuja#1 is expected to take 120 days to drill to 5600 metres below the seabed to the Nannilam, Bhuvanagri and KT fault closures.
By last week a 26-inch hole was being drilled to lower the 20-inch casing. A cyclone prevented GSF 140 from meeting its original May 20 target to spud the well.
Separately Transocean rig DD-KG2 began workover operations for Reliance on June 3 at well KG D6-MA-4H in water depths of 1172 metres. DD KG-2 moved out of Gangavaram port on May 30, reached location on May 31 and the Blowout Preventer was connected on June 3.
