Abstract:The Kitan oil field is located in the northern Bonaparte Basin in the Joint Petroleum Development Area, an area jointly administered by Timor-Leste and Australia. The Kitan structure is a Jurassic east-west trending tilted fault block.
The Kitan–1 exploration well was drilled and successfully tested in early 2008. Kitan–2 appraisal well was drilled immediately after Kitan–1 and intersected the reservoir up-dip from Kitan–1 and confirmed the extension of the oil accumulation.
The main oil-bearing section is in … Show more
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