TechTok: Muruk 1 Discovery – Boosts PNG Gas Reservers
PNG received its 2017 New Year’s blessing with the breaking news of Muruk 1 discovery at the eve of the year end. Oil Search began drilling the Muruk-1 well on Nov. 2, 2016. The drilling campaign concluded with a successful discovery in the Toro formation of the early cretaceous stones similar to the Hides and Juha gas fields. See figure below for the licence area showing well location and see figure 2 for cross-section map of the Muruk 1 prospect showing the Toro formation of the drilling and appraisal target.