Witiora-1 is located offshore in 128.5m of water, 30km west of New Plymouth in PPL 38113. Drilling of the well fulfills the work programme for the third year of the Licence. Interpretation of seismic data on a 2.5km grid indicated the presence of a structural high covering some 80 sq km in the NE corner of the Licence. This north to south elongate dome (Prospect Alpha) with approximately 250m vertical closure at basement level is situated on the eastern margin of the Western Platform. Witiora-1 was positioned to test potential reservoirs from the Miocene Mokau formation through the basal Tertiary/-Upper Cretaceous Pakawau on the southern of the two Prospect Alpha culminations. Witiora-1 was plugged and abandoned as a dry hole on 21 March, 1984.
syndication_user created the Report Witiora-1 completion report, Offshore Taranaki. PPL 38113.
