Condor Energies, a Canadian based, internationally focused energy transition company working in Central Asia has finished drilling the vertical portion of its first well in Uzbekistan to a total depth of 2805 meters.
The initial portion of the First Well was drilled as a vertical pilot to penetrate and evaluate currently producing carbonate reservoir sections as well as deeper, under-exploited stacked clastic reservoir sections. Based on petrophysical analysis of wireline log data, 28.5 meters of non-contiguous net gas pay was intersected in the carbonate reservoirs, and 9.1 meters of non-contiguous net gas pay was intersected in the deeper clastics sections. In addition to extensive wireline logs collected to characterize the reservoirs, full diameter core was obtained from the reservoir targeted for the upcoming 1000-meter horizontal wellbore.
A cement kick-off plug has been positioned beneath the existing intermediate casing string, and the First Well is being sidetracked to approximately 90 degrees to penetrate the targeted carbonate reservoir. The horizontal section will be geo-steered within the reservoir towards the crest of the structure using LWD technology. If drilling conditions allow, the First Well’s horizontal section could be extended beyond the planned 1000 meters, which will already be the longest horizontal section ever drilled in Uzbekistan. The horizontal portion of the First Well is expected to be completed and tested in November 2025 and, as previously disclosed, could achieve an internally estimated initial production rate between 13 and 20 MMscf/day.
The Company is engaging a contractor to provide a second drilling rig to concurrently drill at an under-developed gas field located in the southern region of the Company’s licenses in Uzbekistan. This field is currently producing from a single downdip gas well where Condor recently perforated an eight-meter thick carbonate interval which increased the well’s average daily production from 1.1 MMscf/day to 7.5 MMscf/day for the first thirty days and has produced an average of 6.2 MMscf/day for the past five months. This recompletion has also de-risked the large undeveloped, up-dip structural closure that was identified on the Company’s recently reprocessed and interpreted 3-D seismic data. With the second drilling rig, Condor plans to drill a vertical well through the top of the structure to confirm current mapping, collect modern wireline and core data, and provide test rates. This will be followed by a pad-style horizontal development drilling program targeting three reservoirs with up to five horizontal wells drilled in 2026 to further accelerate production.
Don Streu, Condor’s President and CEO commented 'Our Team has done a great job in successfully and safely initiating Condor’s multi-well drilling campaign and collecting much needed data from the pilot section to confirm gas pay across a significant under-developed area. Our understanding of the hydrocarbon system, the proven carbonate reservoirs and the less understood clastic reservoirs is now greatly enhanced and positions Condor for future success in the development and growth of our gas assets. We are excited to be drilling Uzbekistan’s first 1000-meter horizontal well and look forward to the step change this will bring Condor and Uzbekistan'.
Source: Condor Energies
