News: Oilex completes shut-in test at Cambay

Oilex (ASX:OEX, LON:OEX) has completed the production test on its Cambay-77H well in India.

Data has been sent to RISC, a specialist oil & gas consulting company, for analysis, the company said.

The test was designed and executed to acquire long term performance data and will supplement surface data collected earlier.

Oilex has now completed 300 hour (12.5 days) flow period, where the well was flowed on a constant choke size after achieving stable flow soon after opening and also a 300 hour shut-in period where data continues to be recorded.

Results of the flowback and shut-in test will be announced after a preliminary analysis of the data has been completed.

Ron Miller, managing director, said: said: "Completion of the Cambay-77H production test and successful retrieval of the downhole data is very pleasing.

”The production test is now complete and we look forward to the preliminary analysis of all acquired data."