Kea suspends well operation

Kea Petroleum said it had been forced to suspend operations at one of its wells in the Taranaki Basin off of New Zealand.

Kea Petroleum said it had been forced to suspend operations at one of its wells in the Taranaki Basin off of New Zealand.

The firm said jet pumping and swabbing operations had ceased at the Douglas-1 well and would remain suspended for around two months prior to testing operations restarting.

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