Sterling primes Breagh bit

Operator Sterling Resources is set to start drilling a two-well programme in Block 42/13 in the Breagh joint venture off the UK.

Following the successful appraisal of the Breagh gas discovery by well 42/13-3 in the fourth quarter of last year, the rig will initially drill a vertical well - 42/13-4 - on the East Breagh area. The well is designed to confirm reservoir extent and potential significant upside to the gas discovered. Following the East Breagh well, a high angle/horizontal well, 42/13-5, will be spudded at West Breagh. Once these two appraisal wells are completed, the rig will move to Block 42/19 and spud the Airidh prospect which is an undrilled shallower structure targeting the Triassic Bunter formation. The programme will be drilled using the Ensco 70 drilling rig.
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