Heritage Oil has begun drilling at the Miran East-1 exploration well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
The company intends to test and evaluate multiple target intervals for an estimated target depth of 4,000m.
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This is the first well to be drilled with a second rig on the Miran eastern structure, which covers an area of about 130km2 and is contiguous with the Miran West field.
Heritage Oil chief executive officer Tony Buckingham said, "The large, undrilled Miran East structure has the potential to add significant hydrocarbon resources at all of the multiple reservoir intervals."
The drilling programme at the Miran East-1 exploration well is targeting exploration potential within the Cretaceous and Jurassic reservoir intervals of the eastern structure.
Heritage plans to complete the drilling of Miran East-1 in about seven months with multiple intervals to be evaluated and tested as the well is drilled.
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By GlobalDataHeritage Energy Middle East, a subsidiary of Heritage, is operator and 75% owner of the Miran Block with Genel Energy holding the remaining 25% interest, although there are third party back-in rights.
