11-15-2012, 09:44 PM
Elk-3 well spud preparations
Pre-spud preparation at the Elk-3 delineation well site is nearing completion.
We have begun mobilization of our Rig 3 to the field. All components of Rig 3 are being shipped out of
Port Moresby by barge to Hou Creek.
The objective of the Elk-3 delineation well is to test the Early Miocene to Late Oligocene limestone
section above the gas water contact in the Elk fault block.
This lower limestone interval exhibited better porosity and permeability than the shallower facies
penetrated in the upper reservoir in the offset Elk-2 well.

