Testing has commenced on sidewall cores, cuttings, mud gas and fluid samples from the Merlin-1 exploration well. As previously discussed, interpretation of logging while drilling data indicated that the Merlin-1 well had intersected multiple potentially hydrocarbon bearing zones in the primary Nanushuk target; however, operational issues prevented hydrocarbon samples being collected from the two most prospective zones. Significantly, several of the prospective zones encountered had previously be ....
