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Completion Report. Ariki-1 Well. PPL 38048.

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Ariki-1 was drilled in PPL 38048 offshore Taranaki, NZ. It was spudded on Dec 9, 1983 with a TD of 4822m.bdf reached on Feb 14, 1984. Apart from minor amounts of gas no hydrocarbons were encountered and following final logging the well was plugged and abandoned as a dry hole on Feb 26, 1984. Ariki-1 was the first well in the Taranaki Basin to test a prospect with a geological setting associated with major Cretaceous taphrogenesis.

Report ID pr1038
Class Petroleum
Type Well Report - Completion
Permit 38048
Operator SHELL BP & TODD OIL SERVICES LTD
Commodity Petroleum
Region Taranaki Basin
Start Date 01 January 1984
End Date 31 December 1984
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Author Department Exploration
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