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CONTENTS

S. No. Description Page No.

1. General Information 1

2. Introduction 1

3. Definition of the Block 3

4. Physiography, Climate and Communication 6

5. Exploration History 7

6. Geology of the Area and the Reservoir 9

7. Structure 11

8. Stratigraphy 21

9. Production Testing Results 24

10. Oil and Gas Reserves 32

11. Details of Drilled Wells 33

12. Pressure Transient and Reservoir Studies Results 38

13. PVT Data Including Crude Oil and Gas Analysis 38

14. Production History 38

15. Work-Over History 38

16. Surface Facilities 38

17. Development Plan 38

18. Summary 39

19. Contents of Data Package 40

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 LIST OF FIGURES

S. No. Description Page No.

1. Regional Tectonic Map of Basin 2

2. Location of the Kherem Field along with other blocks and 3
PMLs
3. Location Map showing block boundary 6
4. Seismic Grid map showing seismic coverage in Block 8
5. TWT Contour map Close to Top of Tipam 12
6. TWT Contour Map close to Top of Girujan 13
7. Depth Contour Map close to Top of Tipam 14
8. Depth Contour Map close to Top of Girujan 15
9. Synthetic Seismogram of well Kherem-2 16
10. Isopach map of Base Dhekiajuli to close to Tipam Top 17
11. Isopach map of Base Dhekiajuli to close to Girujan Top 18
12. Seismic amplitude map close to Tipam Top 19
13. Seismic amplitude map close to Girujan Top 20
14. Generalized stratigraphy of upper Assam Basin 21
15A. Log Motif of Well Kherem-1 27
15B. Log Motif of Well Kherem-2 28
15C. Log Motif of Well Kherem-2 29
15D. Log Motif of Well Kherem-3 30
15E. Log Motif of Well Kherem-3 31
16. Well Construction Diagram of Kherem-2 36
17. Well Construction Diagram of Kherem-3 37

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 LIST OF TABLES

S. No. Description Page No.

1. Coordinates of the Block Boundary 4-5

2. Well wise Stratigraphy 23

3. Production Testing Results of Kherem wells 25

4. Reservoir Parameters of Kherem Field 31

5. Hydrocarbon Reserves of Kherem Field 31

6. General Well Details of Kherem Field 32

7. Well wise Casing Details 33

8. Well wise Log Suite Recorded 34

9. SBHP data of the Wells of Kherem Field 37

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1. GENERAL INFORMATION

Kherem field is located in the district of Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh and is about74
km North East of Duliajan in the district of Dibrugarh and falls in Ningru Extn PML of M/s
Oil India Limited (OIL). The Discovery well Kherem-2 was drilled by OIL during 1994
and tested oil in Girujan Sand of Miocene age.

2. INTRODUCTION

The Assam-Arakan Basin is situated in the northeastern part of India categorized as

category-I basin. The basin covers an area of 116000 Sq. Km. Major tectonic elements
of the basin are:

• Assam Shelf

• Naga Schuppen belt

• Assam-Arakan Fold belt.

Oil exploration in India commenced with the discovery of the Digboi oilfield in Upper
Assam more than 100 years ago, when, based on surface oil shows, a well was drilled
on an exposed anticline, associated with the Naga thrust. Other significant milestones in
oil exploration in Upper Assam were the discoveries of the Nahorkatiya, Moran and
Rudrasagar oil fields in 1953, 1956 and 1960, respectively. Subsequently, more than
100 oil and gas fields have been discovered in the Upper Assam Basin. The oilfields,
discovered so far, are situated mainly in the areas south and southeast of the
Brahmaputra river and a few in the thrust belts and fractured granitic basement.

Bulk of the oil and gas discovered in Upper Assam till late 1980s has been found in the
Barail Group of Upper Eocene to Lower Oligocene age and the Tipam Group of Upper
Miocene age. Later, oil and gas accumulations have been discovered within the
Langpar and Lakadong formations of Paleocene to Lower Eocene age, fractured
granitic basement rock of Precambrian age and Upper Miocene to Pliocene reservoirs.

The regional tectonic map of Assam-Arakan basin is shown in Figure-1 and the location
of the Kherem field with respect to the other blocks and PMLs are shown in Figure-2.

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Till date two exploratory well have been drilled in this area as Kherem-2 in 1994 and
Kherem-3 in 1995. Drilling of well Kherem-1 was started in 1992 but could not be
completed due to down-hole drilling complications. The well Kherem-3 was drilled as a
replacement well for Kherem-1.

KHEREM FIELD

Figure-1: REGIONAL TECTONIC MAP OF BASIN

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Figure-2: LOCATION OF THE KHEREM FIELD ALONG WITH OTHER BLOCKS AND
PMLS

3. DEFINITION OF BLOCK

The Kherem field is located in the district of Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh and is
about 74 km N.E. of Duliajan in the district of Dibrugarh. The Kherem field covers an
area of 16.45 Sq. Km. (Figure-3) and is bounded by the points ABCD. The coordinates
of the block boundaries are given in Table-1.

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 Table-1: Coordinates of the Block Boundary

Point X Y Latitude Longitude

A 3323069.619 1090275.034 95° 52' 29.660" E 27° 28' 17.234" N
B 3320794.245 1084499.266 95° 50' 57.361" E 27° 25' 12.913" N
C 3326045.204 1087888.632 95° 54' 14.112" E 27° 26' 55.349" N
D 3324073.803 1090912.173 95° 53' 7.282" E 27° 28' 36.464" N
Points A to B follows State Boundary (SB) within Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

Point X Y Latitude Longitude

A 3323069.619 1090275.034 95° 52' 29.660" E 27° 28' 17.234" N
B 3320794.245 1084499.266 95° 50' 57.361" E 27° 25' 12.913" N
C 3326045.204 1087888.632 95° 54' 14.112" E 27° 26' 55.349" N
D 3324073.803 1090912.173 95° 53' 7.282" E 27° 28' 36.464" N
SB 3320608.254 1084703.914 95° 50' 50.923" E 27° 25' 19.832" N
SB 3320454.304 1084930.381 95° 50' 45.687" E 27° 25' 27.413" N
SB 3320439.264 1085221.113 95° 50' 45.613" E 27° 25' 36.880" N
SB 3320439.478 1085508.054 95° 50' 46.088" E 27° 25' 46.202" N
SB 3320490.161 1085595.733 95° 50' 48.077" E 27° 25' 48.977" N
SB 3320558.005 1085647.968 95° 50' 50.632" E 27° 25' 50.575" N
SB 3320652.241 1085698.710 95° 50' 54.146" E 27° 25' 52.087" N
SB 3320704.067 1085772.761 95° 50' 56.154" E 27° 25' 54.417" N
SB 3320660.927 1085912.651 95° 50' 54.811" E 27° 25' 59.025" N
SB 3320689.547 1085964.948 95° 50' 55.938" E 27° 26' 0.682" N
SB 3320733.642 1086008.622 95° 50' 57.615" E 27° 26' 2.037" N
SB 3320748.954 1086096.955 95° 50' 58.317" E 27° 26' 4.884" N
SB 3320858.892 1086171.917 95° 51' 2.442" E 27° 26' 7.159" N
SB 3320822.629 1086327.800 95° 51' 1.376" E 27° 26' 12.276" N
SB 3320779.182 1086451.694 95° 51' 0.000" E 27° 26' 16.365" N
SB 3320838.550 1086526.809 95° 51' 2.280" E 27° 26' 18.719" N
SB 3320984.600 1086629.044 95° 51' 7.765" E 27° 26' 21.827" N
SB 3320986.028 1086764.122 95° 51' 8.038" E 27° 26' 26.214" N
SB 3321060.224 1086858.808 95° 51' 10.894" E 27° 26' 29.182" N
SB 3321163.632 1086888.223 95° 51' 14.708" E 27° 26' 29.987" N
SB 3321257.653 1086903.481 95° 51' 18.156" E 27° 26' 30.346" N
SB 3321324.187 1086932.764 95° 51' 20.627" E 27° 26' 31.200" N
SB 3321392.454 1087021.437 95° 51' 23.258" E 27° 26' 33.981" N
SB 3321451.635 1087050.527 95° 51' 25.460" E 27° 26' 34.840" N
SB 3321599.123 1087051.921 95° 51' 30.833" E 27° 26' 34.671" N
SB 3321745.166 1087161.453 95° 51' 36.330" E 27° 26' 38.016" N
SB 3321738.693 1087271.855 95° 51' 36.275" E 27° 26' 41.612" N
SB 3321709.017 1087406.769 95° 51' 35.415" E 27° 26' 46.039" N

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 Point X Y Latitude Longitude
SB 3321701.775 1087507.361 95° 51' 35.316" E 27° 26' 49.317" N
SB 3321686.277 1087597.724 95° 51' 34.899" E 27° 26' 52.275" N
SB 3321509.586 1087798.136 95° 51' 28.792" E 27° 26' 59.044" N
SB 3321495.065 1087913.508 95° 51' 28.451" E 27° 27' 2.813" N
SB 3321398.353 1088122.069 95° 51' 25.270" E 27° 27' 9.729" N
SB 3321318.398 1088233.392 95° 51' 22.540" E 27° 27' 13.462" N
SB 3321376.344 1088349.284 95° 51' 24.839" E 27° 27' 17.143" N
SB 3321376.437 1088497.721 95° 51' 25.085" E 27° 27' 21.965" N
SB 3321347.130 1088528.396 95° 51' 24.068" E 27° 27' 23.004" N
SB 3321340.369 1088586.421 95° 51' 23.916" E 27° 27' 24.899" N
SB 3321377.605 1088624.776 95° 51' 25.335" E 27° 27' 26.091" N
SB 3321481.056 1088697.713 95° 51' 29.222" E 27° 27' 28.310" N
SB 3321605.707 1088765.498 95° 51' 33.872" E 27° 27' 30.330" N
SB 3321605.636 1088861.493 95° 51' 34.027" E 27° 27' 33.449" N
SB 3321598.445 1088962.159 95° 51' 33.929" E 27° 27' 36.730" N
SB 3321651.006 1089037.051 95° 51' 35.966" E 27° 27' 39.086" N
SB 3321708.096 1089044.981 95° 51' 38.058" E 27° 27' 39.261" N
SB 3321863.161 1089045.105 95° 51' 43.706" E 27° 27' 39.039" N
SB 3321982.941 1089118.931 95° 51' 48.189" E 27° 27' 41.262" N
SB 3322078.602 1089238.055 95° 51' 51.868" E 27° 27' 44.993" N
SB 3322107.551 1089332.140 95° 51' 53.076" E 27° 27' 48.007" N
SB 3322159.751 1089413.237 95° 51' 55.110" E 27° 27' 50.566" N
SB 3322271.076 1089443.701 95° 51' 59.214" E 27° 27' 51.393" N
SB 3322352.528 1089509.599 95° 52' 2.289" E 27° 27' 53.415" N
SB 3322455.911 1089516.912 95° 52' 6.066" E 27° 27' 53.502" N
SB 3322596.210 1089516.812 95° 52' 11.176" E 27° 27' 53.293" N
SB 3322743.760 1089503.451 95° 52' 16.528" E 27° 27' 52.644" N
SB 3322854.333 1089569.350 95° 52' 20.663" E 27° 27' 54.623" N
SB 3322913.626 1089636.326 95° 52' 22.933" E 27° 27' 56.713" N
SB 3323023.465 1089695.920 95° 52' 27.031" E 27° 27' 58.488" N
SB 3323020.028 1089839.080 95° 52' 27.140" E 27° 28' 3.144" N
SB 3323016.590 1089983.059 95° 52' 27.251" E 27° 28' 7.826" N
SB 3323082.084 1090114.839 95° 52' 29.852" E 27° 28' 12.012" N

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 Figure-3: LOCATION MAP SHOWING THE BLOCK BOUNDARY

4. PHYSIOGRAPHY, CLIMATE AND COMMUNICATION

The general elevation of Kherem Field is around 154m above MSL. Topographically,
the area is almost plain.

The weather normally remains pleasant and temperature varies from 37°C to 5°C and
rainfall varies from 1485 mm to 2508 mm.

Kherem is located in the district of Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh and is around 74

km north-east from the headquarters of Oil India Limited located in Duliajan in the
district of Dibrugarh. Dibrugarh is well connected with the rest of India by Air (Mohanbari
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Airport, Dibrugarh). The nearest railway Station is Tinsukia and the area is well
connected with motorable roads with Tinsukia and Dibrugarh.

5. EXPLORATION HISTORY

The presence of the significant structure at Pengri-Bordumsha area of Ningru Extension

PML of Arunachal Pradesh was indicated by 24 fold seismic data (21.275 LKM)
acquired during 1985-87. The seismic interpretation revealed the presence of a broad
assymetrical anticline plunging towards east at the Supra-thrust Girujan level which
appears to be the eastern most extension of the Digboi anticline. The axial plain of the
anticline runs almost parallel to the Naga thrust. The northern limb of the anticline dips
steeply (30-40 deg) as compared to the southern limb where dips are gentle (5-15 deg).

Till date two exploratory wells have been drilled in this area as well Kherem-2 in 1994
and Kherem-3 in 1994. Drilling of well Kherem-1 was started in 1992 but could not be
completed due to down-hole drilling complications. The well Kherem-3 was drilled as a
replacement well for Kherem-1.

A 3D seismic survey was carried out covering an area of 10.13 sq. km. of the Kherem
Block during 2006-07 and 2007-08 field seasons for better understanding of the sub-
surface structures.

The map showing the seismic coverage in the Kherem field is shown in Figure-4.

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Figure-4: SEISMIC GRID MAP SHOWING SEISMIC COVERAGE IN BLOCK
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6. GEOLOGY OF THE AREA AND THE RESERVOIR

The Assam-Arakan sedimentary Basin is a shelf–slope–basinal system. The shelf part

of the basin spreads over the Brahmaputra valley and the Dhansiri valley, the latter lying
between the Mikir hills and the Naga foothills. From the Digboi, the shelf runs westward
to the southern slope of the Shillong plateau. The shelf-to-basinal slope, i.e., the hinge
zone lies below the Naga schuppen belt. The basinal (geosynclinal) part is occupied by
the Cachar, Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur fold belts.

The shelf part rests on Precambrian granitic basement, whereas the basinal part lies on
transitional to oceanic crust. The area within the Upper Assam shelf, having high
petroleum potential, measures approximately 56000 sq km and contains about 7000m
thick sediments of mostly Tertiary period, and the area in the basinal part with moderate
to high hydrocarbon potential measures about 60,000 sq km and contains more than
10,000m thick sediments of mostly Tertiary period.

The Assam-Arakan basin witnessed two major phases of tectonic development. It

developed as a composite shelf-slope-basinal system under a passive margin setup
during the period from Early Cretaceous to the close of Oligocene. During the post-
Oligocene time, however, different parts of the mega basin witnessed different
evolutionary trends, mostly under compressive tectonic forces.

The majority of the oilfields of Upper Assam are located in the Upper Assam Shelf part
of the Assam–Arakan Basin. The salient features of Upper Assam Shelf are briefly
described below:

1. Southerly to southeasterly moving thrust sheets of younger (Miocene to Plio-

Pleistocene) sedimentary rocks in the Assam Himalayan foothills.

2. The Himalayan Foredeep Zone north of the Brahmaputra river lies in the northern
periphery of the foredeep is overridden by the southerly moving thrust sheets of
younger sedimentary rocks.

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 3. The Brahmaputra-Arch, running along the southeastern side of the Brahmaputra
River in Upper Assam.

4. The southeastern slope of the Upper Assam Shelf, southeast of the Brahmaputra
arch, having local structural highs and lows, upto the Naga thrust, and extending
8 to 10 km beneath the Naga schuppen belt. This element contains most of the
oil fields of the Upper Assam Shelf.

5. The Shillong Plateau and Mikir hills Uplift, composed mostly of Precambrian
granitic and metamorphic rocks. The southern slope of the Shillong Plateau
exposes Gondwana, Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks.

All the oil and gas fields, discovered till date in the Upper Assam shelf, are situated
mostly on the southeastern slope of the Brahmaputra arch, and almost all the major oil
fields like Nahorkatiya, Lakwa, Lakhmani, Geleki, Dikom, Kathaloni etc. lie in a belt
bordering the Naga thrust. In the Dhansiri valley also, oil fields like the Borholla and
Khoraghat and Nambar lie in the same belt. In the Naga Schuppen belt, oil
accumulations in the Lakshmijan and the Champang oil fields occur in that zone of the
shelf which is overridden by the Naga thrust. In the Digboi and Kherem oil fields, oil
occurs in Tipam Sandstone and Girujan Clay formations, respectively, overlying the
Naga thrust.

The important source rock sequences occur within the argillaceous Kopili Formation
and in the Coal-Shale Unit of the Barail Group. The average TOC of shales within the
Sylhet Formation is about 0.60%, in the Kopili Formation about 2.5% and in the Barail
Coal-Shale Unit about 3.8%. The average TOC of different formations (shale samples)
vary from 0.60% to 4.5%

There are three well developed regional cap rocks within the Tertiary sedimentary
succession, the lower one occurring in the Upper Eocene is the argillaceous Kopili
Formation, the middle one is the Barail Coal-Shale Unit and the upper one overlying the
Tipam Sandstone is the Girujan Clay.

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7. STRUCTURE

The 2D seismic interpretation revealed the presence of a broad asymmetrical anticline

plunging towards east at the Supra-thrust Girujan level which appears to be the eastern
most extension of the Digboi anticline. The axial plain of the anticline runs almost
parallel to the Naga thrust. The northern limb of the anticline dips steeply (avg dip= 30-
40 deg) as compared to the southern limb where dips are gentle (5-15 deg).

Structurally, the area is characterized by the presence of the eastern extension of the
Naga thrust, which however, manifests mainly in the sub-surface. The east-north-east
trending thrust fault is prominent below the Dhekiajuli and divides the area into two
structural blocks (segments), the southern hanging wall region and the northern foot
wall blocks which are also referred as supra-thrust and sub-thrust respectively. The
Kherem and Kumchai fall in the supra-thrust region to the south, whereas North
Kumchai area is on the sub-thrust block to the north. Hydrocarbon has already been
established in the supra-thrust block in Kumchai and Kherem areas.

Time/Depth structure map closed to the top of Tipam and Girujans are given in Figure-5
to 8. The Synthetic seismogram of well Kherem-2 (using VSP data of Kherem-2) is
shown in Figure-9. Isopach maps of Base Dhekiajuli to close to Tipam Top and Base
Dhekiajuli to close to Girujan Top are shown in Figure-10 and 11. Integrated seismic
amplitude map close to Tipam top along with depth contour map of reflector close to
Tipam top and Integrated seismic amplitude map close to Girujan top along with depth
contour map of reflector close to Girujan top are shown in Figure-12 and Figure-13.

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Figure-5: TWT CONTOUR MAP CLOSE TO TOP OF TIPAM

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Figure-6: TWT CONTOUR MAP CLOSE TO TOP OF GIRUJAN

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Figure-7: DEPTH CONTOUR MAP CLOSE TO TOP OF TIPAM
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Figure-8: DEPTH CONTOUR MAP CLOSE TO TOP OF GIRUJAN

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Figure-9: SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM OF WELL KHEREM-2

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Figure-10: ISOPACH MAP OF BASE DHEKIAJULI TO CLOSE TO TIPAM TOP

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Figure-11: ISOPACH MAP OF BASE DHEKIAJULI TO CLOSE TO GIRUJAN TOP

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Figure-12: SEISMIC AMPLITUDE MAP CLOSE TO TIPAM TOP

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Figure-13: SEISMIC AMPLITUDE MAP CLOSE TO GIRUJAN TOP

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8. STRATIGRAPHY

The generalized stratigraphy of Upper Assam Basin is as follows (Figure-14):

Figure-14: GENERALIZED STRATIGRAPHY OF UPPER ASSAM BASIN

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1. Alluvium/Dhekiajuli: Consists of medium to coarse grained unconsolidated sands
with thin bands of clay.

2. Namsang: Comprised of medium to coarse grained sandstone with streaks of

brownish clay. Coal and carbonized wood pebbles are also abundant.

3. Girujan: Made up of mottled, brown and bluish gray clay with bands of fine to
medium grained sandstone and occasionally streaks of coal.

4. Tipam: This is predominantly arenaceous range and is composed of salt and

pepper coloured, medium grained sandstone with bands of blue and bluish gray
shale. Some coal streaks are found at middle and lower Tipam.

5. Barail: It is commonly divided into two stage viz. Argillaceous and Arenaceous. The
argillaceous range of Barail consists of mostly bluish gray mudstone with thin bands
of fine grained sandstone and thin streaks of coal. In some areas well developed
extra bands of fine grained sandstone ranges are found. The arenaceous range is
comprised of mostly fine to medium grained sandstone with occasionally coal
streaks, calcareous mudstone and bluish gray shale.

6. Kopili: Mainly composed of alternation of dark gray splintery shales and thin bands
of fine grained sandstone with coal streaks and carbonaceous shale.

7. Prang: Consists of dark gray splintery shales with bands of creamy white, brownish
gray and light ray limestone and calcareous sandstone.

8. Narpuh: Thin grayish white, light gray and thin bands of creamy white limestone,
splintery shales, fine grained sandstone (often calcareous and glauconitic), and
abundantly siltstone characterize the Narpuh stage.

9. Lakadong+Therria: This stage is consists of carbonaceous shale with light gray to

dark gray splintery shale, bluish gray shale, fine to coarse grained saccharoidal to

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 calcareous, glauconitic sandstone. Thin stringers of coal, white and brownish charts
are mostly present in middle and lower part.

10. Langpar: Composed of mostly medium to coarse grained arkosic sandstone along
with bluish shale streaks.

11. Basement: Medium to coarse grained granite containing quartz, pinkish feldspar
and biotite.

Note: Arg., Argillaceous, Arn.-Arenaceous

Stratigraphic sequences encountered in wells drilled in the Kherem Block field are given
in Table-2.

Table-2: Wellwise Stratigraphy

Kherem-1 (Formation tops are provided based on drill-cuttings and correlation

from well Kumchai-1):

Well Kherem-1:

FORMATION Top (m KB) MWD THICKNESS (m)

Alluvium/Dhekiajuli Surface 937.4
Namsang 945 1157
Girujan 2102 2199+

Well Kherem-2:
FORMATION Top (m KB) MWD THICKNESS (m)
Alluvium/Dhekiajuli Surface 977.38
Namsang 985 1197
Girujan 2183 2419+

Well Kherem-3:
Top (m KB) MWD THICKNESS (m)
FORMATION
Alluvium/Dhekiajuli Surface 937.4
Namsang 945 1158
Girujan 2103 2159+

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9. PRODUCTION TESTING RESULTS

Well Kherem-1:

Well Kherem-1 was drilled up to 4282m but could not be completed due to complicated
down-hole problems. Fish containing of bit, drill pipe, collar etc. of about 1303 m left in
the hole. Prospect below 4000 m could not be tested due to Cement plug placed above
the fish top. Only one object at 2729 m Girujan Sand was tested which gave inflow of
formation water. Well was abandoned due to Fish.

Well Kherem-2:

In well Kherem-2, initial testing was carried out in March 1994 by perforating the interval
4040.5-4044.5 m Girujan sand. The object produced at the rate of 18-24 klpd clean oil
(API 40 deg.) during testing and then ceased to flow due to ingress of sands / clay /
contaminated cement owing to casing damage at 4036.5 m just above the sand.

On testing 3977 m Girujan Sand, the well initially gave inflow of mainly formation water
including 1kl of floating oil (39.8 deg API). Production of water from this sand was
considered to be due to poor cement bond and possible casing leak below the
perforations. So a bridge plug was set below the perforation to plug back the possible
casing leak. Thereafter the well started producing @ 28 KLPD (68% Oil) through 3.5
mm bean with FTHP of 155-211 kg/sq.cm. Due to lack of infrastructural facilities to
produce on regular basis, the well was killed with 100 lbs/cft mud on safety
consideration during a W/O carried out in April' 04.

Well Kherem-3:

In well Kherem-3, during prolonged testing of 4207 m Girujan sand in June-July 95, the
well produced intermittently condensate (44.8 Deg. API) and little amount of gas.
Plugged back 4207 m Girujan sand to test higher up 4159 & 4123 m sands. During
testing of 4159 & 4123 m sands, the well displaced little amount of gas and condensate.
Hence, plugged back. On testing 4063 m sand, it produced only water. As the hole size
against the higher up sand ranges are very large and the co-relatable (depth-wise) sand

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ranges have been tested in Kherem-2, it was decided not to test the higher up sand
ranges. Hence the well was plugged back and kept closed.

Table-3 below shows the detailed production testing results of the wells of the Kherem
block. Log motifs available of the objects for 3 drilled wells (Kherem-1, Kherem-2 and
Kherem-3) are shown in Figure-15A to Figure-15E:

Table- 3: Production Testing Data of Kherem Wells

Well No. DATE PER.TOP PER.BOT REMARKS

Produced at the rate of 18-24 klpd
clean oil (API 40 deg.) during testing
and then ceased to flow due to ingress
KHM002 11-Jan-94 4040.5 4044.5
of sands / clay / contaminated cement
owing to casing damage at 4036.5 m
just above the sand.

On perforating the sand produced @

KHM002 07-Apr-94 3979.5 3981.5 producing @ 28 KLPD(68% Oil)
through 3.5 mm bean with FTHP of
155-211 kg/sq.cm. Subsquently, the
KHM002 07-Apr-94 3982.5 3985.5 well was killed partially with 70lbs/cft.
CaCl2(to control pressure for smooth
rig down operation) due to lack of
KHM002 07-Apr-94 3988 3992 infrastructural facilities to produce on
regular basis.

During prolonged testing in June-

July;95 the well produced intermittently
KHM003 29-Jun-95 4209 4214
condensate (44.8 Deg. API) and little
amount of gas.
KHM003 28-Jul-95 4159 4162
KHM003 30-Jul-95 4159.5 4162.5
12-Aug-
KHM003 4124 4127
95
05-Aug-
KHM003 4159 4162 During prolonged testing of 4159 &
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4123 m sands, the well displaced little
22-Aug-
KHM003 4107 4110 amount of gas and condensate
95
30-Aug-
KHM003 4075 4078
95
02-Sep-
KHM003 4063.5 4066.5
95
KHM003 05-Sep- 4077 4080

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05-Sep-
KHM003 4064 4067
95
Abandoned well. Prospect below 4000
19-May-
KHM001 2730 2733 m could not be tested due to
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complicated downhole problems.

Figure-15A: LOG MOTIF OF WELL KHEREM-1

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Figure-15B: LOG MOTIF OF WELL KHEREM-2

Figure-15C: LOG MOTIF OF WELL KHEREM-2

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Figure-15D: LOG MOTIF OF WELL KHEREM-3

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 Figure-15E: LOG MOTIF OF WELL KHEREM-3

10. OIL AND GAS RESERVE

The reservoirs of Kherem field comprises of sandstone with shale intercalations.

Porosity development is good (average 14%). Oil-Water Contact not encountered. The
Girujan sands have a gross pay thickness of 27m and net pay thickness of 18m. Oil
reserves for Kherem-2 and Gas Volume for Kherem-3 is being estimated by fixed
acreage method, hence no isopay map has been prepared. Reservoir parameters for
estimating in-place oil & gas reserves are given in Table-4 and Table-5 below.

Table-4: Reservoir Parameters of Kherem Field

Field Hydrocarbon
Reservoir Area He Phi FVF GOR
saturation
Sand/
SKM m % So Sw Bo Z/Bg
layer
245
Kherem Girujan 0.309 18 14 65
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1.18
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Table-5: Hydrocarbon Reserves of Kherem Field

Initial Inplace Ultimate Reserves

Field
Oil Gas (SG+FG) Oil Gas (SG+FG)

Mbbl MMSCF Mbbl MMSCF

Kherem 2998 16969 110 3220
Note: Above mentioned Hydrocarbon reserves are as estimated by OIL

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11. DETAIL OF DRILLED WELLS

Till date three exploratory wells have been drilled in this field as Kherem-1, 2 and 3.
Kherem-1 could not be completed due to fish (Bit+ drill collars and drill pipes), a
substitute well Kherem-3 was drilled and tested. General Information about the wells viz
Well details, Casing Data and Log suites recorded are given in Table-6, 7 and 8. Well
Construction Diagram of well Kherem-2 & 3 are given in Figure-16 and Figure-17.

Table-6: General Well Wise Information of Kherem Field

Well Name KHM001 KHM002 KHM003

Category and Exploratory Exploratory Exploratory

Classification
Area/ Structure Kherem Kherem Kherem
District & State Lohit District, Arunachal Lohit District, Lohit District, Arunachal
Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Pradesh
Coordinates Lat: 27° 27' 14.148" N Lat: 27° 27' 48.784" N Lat: 27° 27' 14.148" N
Long: 95° 52' 29.666" E Long: 95° 53' 9.808" E Long: 95° 52' 29.666" E
Objective Girujan Girujan Girujan
Target Depth (m) 3700 5000 4300

Drilled Depth (m) 4301 4095 4247

Logger’s depth(m) 4282 4092 4262
Hydrocarbon Shows nil Oil gas
Core details 64 side wall core sample 21 side wall core No side wall cores were
recovered from 2109- sample recovered from taken in this well
4272m 3837-4061m
DF Elevation (m asl) 161.70 162.00 161.71
Ground level (m asl) 154.10 154.30 154.09
Well profile
Spudded on 10.08.1991 29.01.1993 07.08.1994
Drilling completed on 04.04.1992 19.12.1993 29.05.1995
Production testing started 22.05.1992 03.01.1994 19.06.1995
on
Production testing 04.06.1992 02.06.1994 09.09.1995
completed
Initial Status of Well Abandoned complicated Produced at the rate of The well produced
downhole problem. 18 klpd clean oil (API intermittently
40 deg.). ceased to condensate (44.8 Deg.
flow due to ingress of API) and little amount
sands / clay / of gas.
contaminated cement
owing to casing
damage at 4036.5 m
Current Status of Well Abandoned Shut in Plugged back

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 Table-7: Well Wise Casing Details

WELL KHEREM -1

Depth in bdf (KB) 0-99 99-1283 1283-2800 2800-4301 (A-

Hole)
Hole Size (inch) 26 17.1/2 12. 1/4 8. 3/8/8
Casing Size (in) 20 13. 3/8 9.5/8 Casing not run
Shoe (m) / 92.74 973.95 2773.8/2761.4 due to
Baffle (m) /960.96 complicated
Cement Top Surface Surface - fishing
operation

WELL KHEREM-2

A Hole B-Hole
Depth in bdf (KB) 0-86 86-1480 1480-3790 3790-4602 4095
Hole Size (inch) 26 17.1/2 12. 1/4 8. ½ 8. ½
Casing Size (in) 20 13. 3/8 9.5/8 No casing was 5.1/2
Shoe (m) / 80.3 1477.21 3778.5/3766.7 run due to 4088.76
Baffle (m) /1463.82 downhole /4062.43
Cement Top Surface Surface - problem. 3735m

WELL KHEREM-3

Depth in bdf (KB) 0-97 97-1480 1480-3570 3570-4262

Hole Size (inch) 26 17.1/2 12. 1/4 8. 3/8
Casing Size (in) 20 13. 3/8 9.5/8 5.1/2
Shoe 92.15 1305.14/1291.97 3568.5/3554.35 4257.92/4244.68
(m) /
Baffle
(m)
Cement Top Surface Surface Not recorded 3507m

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 Table-8: Well Wise Log Suites Recorded

WELL KHEREM-1

Services Depth Range(m bdf)

DIL-GR-SP 1200.0-3472.0

100.0-4244.0

100.0-3475.0
CDL-CNL-GR-CAL
3800.0-4224.0

100.0-1200.0

DT-GR 2780.0-3474.0

3400.0-4224.0

WELL KHEREM-2

Services Depth Range(m bdf)

DLL- GR-SP 1479.0-3790.5

LDL-CNL-GR-CAL 2000.0-3794.2

DLL-MSFL-GR-SP 3778.5-4255.5

DLL-GR-SP-CAL 3918.0-4397.0

LDL-CNL-GR-CAL 3925.0-4254.5

LSS-GR 3918.0-4397.0

WELL KHEREM-3

Services Depth Range(m bdf)

DIL-SP-CAL 1300.0-3025.0

DIL-SP-GR 3575.0-4175.0

CDL-CNL-GR 3575.0-4175.0

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 WELL NO. Kherem-2 (LOC.
PBB) (Not to scale)
GLE: 154.30mDFE: 162.0 m
Fish in the hole:
Top of the fish: 3837 m
(Washover tool)
Bottom of Hole A: 4602.0 m
KOP: 3790 m
20” Casing shoe:
Casing damage at 4036.5 m just
above the sand.
13.3/8” Casing shoe:

Cement top: 3735m

9.5/8” Casing shoe:

2.7/8 tubing 3922.5 m

Perforations:3979.5-3981.5( April 07,1994)

Perforations:3982.5-3985.5( April 07,1994)
Perforation :3988.0- 3992 ( April 07,1994
BP at: 3997.0 m

BP at: 4015.0 m

Perforations:4040.5-4044.5(Jan 11,1994).

5.1/2” Float Collar/ Casing : 4088.76 m

Bottom: 4095.0 m(Hole B)

Figure-16: WELL CONSTRUCTION DIAGRAM OF KHEREM-2

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Figure-17: WELL CONSTRUCTION DIAGRAM OF KHEREM-3

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12. PRESSURE TRANSIENT AND RESERVOIR STUDIES RESULTS

No well test data was acquired for the wells. The shut in bottom hole pressure data
recorded in the well are given below in Table-9:

Table-9: SBHP Data of the Wells of Kherem Block

Pressure at
Measured Depth
Well No. Recording Date Measured Depth
(m)
(kg/cm2)
KHM-2 (4037m sand) 12-Jan-94 3881.9 656.4
KHM-2 (3977 m Sand) 31-May-94 3918.4 553.3
KHM-3 30-Jun-95 4005.9 654.6

13. PVT DATA INCLUDING CRUDE OIL &GAS ANALYSIS

No PVT was carried out.

14. PRODUCTION HISTORY

No oil/Gas has been produced from the field (Commercial Production not commenced).

15. WORK OVER HISTORY

No work Over job has been carried out in the drilled wells.

16. SURFACE FACILITIES

The well Kherem- 2 and 3 is fitted with well head spool. No other production facilities
are available in this area.

The nearest production facility available is at Bordumsa Terminal which is 18 km from

Kherem field.

17. DEVELOPMENT PLAN

No development plan has been prepared for the field.

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18. SUMMARY TABLE

Field Location Kherem is located in the district of Changlang in

Arunachal Pradesh and is around 74km North-east
from the headquarters of M/s Oil India Limited located
in Duliajan in the district of Dibrugarh (NingruExtn.
PML of OIL)
Discovery Date January, 1994
Main Pay and Age Girujan (Miocene)
Discovery well Kherem-2
Operator Oil India Limited
Initial Production Girujan: 18-24 klpd
Other Zones with shows of Oil Nil
& Gas
Field Characteristics
1. Average Elevation 154 m above MSL
2. Area of the Field 16.45 Sq Km

Reservoir Characteristics
Depth to the Top of Reservoir 3837 m
Trap type Structural
Initial Pressure 553Kg/cm2 (SBHP)
Drive Mechanism Depletion Drive
Lithology Sandstone
Gross Thickness of the reservoir 27m
Average Net Pay 18m
Average Porosity 14%
Oil Water Contact Not encountered
Log Suite Resistivity, Neutron Density, GR, SP
Cap rock
1. Regional Girujan Clay
2. Local Girujan Clay
Source rock
1. Formation & age Barail Shale
Oil Characteristics
1. API gravity 38.7 deg API
2. Initial GOR NA
3. Viscosity NA

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19. CONTENTS OF DATA PACKAGE

1. Well Coordinates

Well Lat Long

Kherem-1 27° 27' 14.148" N 95° 52' 29.666" E
Kherem-2 27° 27' 48.784" N 95° 53' 9.808" E
Kherem-3 27° 27' 14.148" N 95° 52' 29.666" E

2. 2D data available

S. No. Name First SP Last SP First CDP Last CDP

1 112a_02 703 776 164 309
2 D_11E 2121 2179 476 592
3 D_13E 2077 2195 1123 1359
4 D_15E 2029 2212 113 479
5 D_17E 1994 2004 429 450
6 D_40 1390 1417 766 819
7 D_42 1347 1411 678 806
8 D_44 1299 1400 600 801
9 D_46 1255 1399 329 618

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3. Data available

Area : 10.13 Sq Km

4. Projection Parameter for the Field Kherem

PROJECTION : Lambert Tangential

ELLIPSOID : Everest 1830 Mod (1975 version)

DATUM : Indian "Kalimpur" 3

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5. Well logs available:

WELL KHEREM-1

Services Depth Range(m bdf)

DIL-GR-SP 1200.0-3472.0

100.0-4244.0

100.0-3475.0
CDL-CNL-GR-CAL
3800.0-4224.0

100.0-1200.0

DT-GR 2780.0-3474.0

3400.0-4224.0

WELL KHEREM-2

Services Depth Range(m bdf)

DLL- GR-SP 1479.0-3790.5

LDL-CNL-GR-CAL 2000.0-3794.2

DLL-MSFL-GR-SP 3778.5-4255.5

DLL-GR-SP-CAL 3918.0-4397.0

LDL-CNL-GR-CAL 3925.0-4254.5

LSS-GR 3918.0-4397.0

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Depth Range(m
Services
bdf)

DIL-SP-CAL 1300.0-3025.0

DIL-SP-GR 3575.0-4175.0

CDL-CNL-GR 3575.0-4175.0

6. Report Available

S. No. Report

1. Gas Composition Analysis Report

2. WCR

Additional Data (Reservoir Report Sheets of SWC, Heavy Mineral Range

3. Table, Deviation plot of well KRM-3, Reserves-Kherem field, Synthetic
Seismogram of Kherem-2)

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