Isramco Ltd. on Sunday announced that "substantial signs of petroleum (natural gas) have been found at the Shimshon 1 exploratory well."
Last week, Globes reported that drilling at the Shimshon well had reached the target strata and that initial tests had found signs of natural gas.
On Sunday, Isramco said that the well reached the target strata at 3,302 meters in 1,103 meters of water. The target strata have a net thickness of 19 meters. All the well's partners have decided to go ahead with production tests, which are due to begin in a few days, and will take 35 days. The production tests will include gas flow at different rates from the target strata and measuring the well pressure and composition of the natural gas.
The estimated cost of the production tests and preparation work of the well for future production, assuming there is a gas discovery, is $33.7 million, of which Isramco's share is $13 million.
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