(WO) “美国运营商锡安石油和天然气公司继续对其在以色列陆上钻探的一口预探井持乐观态度。周一，Zion 更新了该公司在 Megiddo-Jezreel 许可证的 MJ-02 井中进行的测试结果。

该公司表示，近期测试作业的结果令其感到鼓舞，特别是在接近油井最终钻探深度的两个预期区域中较低的一个区域。

“这个较低的区域厚度约为 20 m，是我们的主要兴趣区域，”Zion Oil and Gas 首席执行官 Rob Dunn 说道。“尽管我们受到鼓舞，但仍有更多工作要做，我们不能保证该区域将生产商业数量的碳氢化合物，也不保证该井最终是否会成功。

“目前正面临井下障碍，即大量水从上部区域涌入，抑制了下部区域的潜在流量，”邓恩继续说道。“在与外部专家协商后，我们计划通过采购 4 陆进来隔离和中和大量涌水。封隔器并将其安装在重水区下方和我们的主要区域上方，但我们不能保证此过程会成功。”

锡安表示，在接下来几周的犹太假期期间，每年的运营都会中断，该公司计划开始安装封隔器并测试主要区域的流量。

(WO) — American operator Zion Oil and Gas continues to be optimistic about a wildcat well it has drilled onshore Israel. On Monday, Zion updated results on testing that the firm is conducting in the MJ-02 well on the Megiddo-Jezreel license.

The company says that it is encouraged by the results of recent testing operations, particularly with respect to the lower of two prospective zones that have been perforated near the final drilled depth of the well.

“This lower zone, which is approximately 20 m in thickness, is our primary zone of interest,” said Zion Oil and Gas CEO Rob Dunn. “Although we are encouraged, more work remains to be done, and we have no assurance the zone will produce hydrocarbons in commercial quantities or whether the well ultimately will prove to be successful.

“We are currently facing a downhole obstacle, in the form of heavy water influx from the upper zone, inhibiting the potential flow from the lower zone,” continued Dunn. “After consultation with outside experts, we plan to isolate and neutralize the heavy water influx by procuring a 4 ½-in. packer and installing it below the heavy water zone and above our primary zone, but we have no assurance this procedure will be successful.”

Following the annual operational hiatus for the next few weeks of Jewish holidays, Zion says it plans to begin operations to install the packer and test the flowrate of the primary zone.