stokes update

slowly .. slowly .. will they beat the wet ??

UPDATE ON THE TESTING PROGRAMME FOR THE STOKES BAY-1
WELL IN EP 104/R1, CANNING BASIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Buru is pleased to announce that the Stokes Bay-1 Testing Programme equipment and
specialised well workover and stimulation personnel are currently on the Stokes Bay-1
wellsite, in the EP 104/R1 Permits located in the Canning Basin, near the town of Derby,
Western Australia.
The workover and testing crew have completed the set up and preparation activities and
commenced initial fresh water circulation and swabbing. These activities will continue until
the arrival of the nitrogen unit and other nitrogen test equipment at the wellsite.
Final technical work on the Stokes Bay-1 testing programme concluded that nitrogen is the
most suitable fluid for circulation of the heavy drilling fluids above the Nullara Formation
carbonate reservoir in the wellbore to reduce the pressure on the formation. This test
programme is designed to induce flow of formation fluids from the cavernous Nullara
Formation.
The Stokes Bay-1 testing to date has not provided any formation fluids from the Nullara
Formation and this test programme is designed to determine the presence of hydrocarbons
and the extent of the reservoir parameters.