confirmation well

confirmation well

[‚kän·fər′mā·shən ‚wel]
(petroleum engineering)
The second producing well in a new oil field under development.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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"This confirmation well completes an important drill program for Dejour at Woodrush, this season.
DEJOUR'S 2ND WELL LOGS 17' OF GETHING GAS PAY
Six appraisal wells were drilled at Jubilee, even though the results of the discovery well and the first confirmation well had confirmed the field was economic to develop.
Risks and costs of further petroleum exploration and extraction
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