Hardy Oil and Gas, the exploration and production group with interests predominantly in India, has kicked off a four-well drilling campaign on its D9 exploration licence with a dry well.
The exploratory well KGD-A1 drilled to a total depth of 4,875m and while it did hit some background gas, the well encountered poor reservoir sands in both the middle and lower miocene target levels. It will now be plugged and abandoned.
Hardy said the data obtained from the first exploration parametric well was very significant and would be integrated with the existing geological model to improve the prospectivity of the block before drilling subsequent wells.
Hardy holds a 10% participating interest in the D9 block, which is located in the Krishna Godavari basin on the east coast of India. Reliance Industries Ltd is the operator and holds a 90% stake.