MCF Energy reaches total depth at Kinsau-1A well in Germany
MCF Energy drilled the Kinsau-1A well in Lech, Bavaria to a total depth of 10,860 ft MD, bottoming out in the Jurassic Malm Reef Carbonate interval within 213 ft of the original 1983 Mobil discovery well. RED Drilling Rig 202 drilled the well for Energieprojekt Kinsau 1 GmbH, in which MCF’s German subsidiary Genexco GmbH holds a 20% interest. The well penetrated its primary target, the Lower Cretaceous/Jurassic Purbeck carbonate interval, at 10,437 ft MD, about 10 ft higher than in the original Kinsau-1 well, which tested gas at high rates during Mobil’s 1983 trials.
Porosity logs showed more favorable reservoir facies in Kinsau-1A than in the original well, with zones reaching 12% porosity and streaks as high as 17%. MCF reported the Purbeck interval totaled more than 59 ft of reservoir with average porosity of 8.6% and identified a potential hydrocarbon water contact at 10,643 ft MD. Pipe was run and cemented in the well.
The well remains idle while MCF evaluates test permits and options to monetize the gas discovery. The company is also reshaping its adjacent Lech East concession, having let the original license expire on 31 July 2026, and plans to file a new application covering a smaller area centered on the most prospective targets identified through reprocessed 3D seismic data.
