The well is a planned test of a Rotliegend sandstone target at an estimated depth of 2,460 meters.
After the final frack, the Lewino vertical well yielded sustained production of 45,000 to 60,000 cubic feet of gas per day after partial frac fluid recovery.
The company expects to start drilling another well in the area later this year.
Logs and cores both show very good porosity.
The Gapowo B-1 well is believed to be the longest horizontally drilled well in Poland.
The European Union’s biggest eastern economy, the region’s largest holder of shale gas, has sought to revive exploration after foreign investors including Marathon Oil Corp. and Talisman Energy Inc. withdrew amid regulatory constraints and plans to increase taxation in Poland.
About 30 reservoirs will be drilled, up from 14 in 2013, thanks to improved techniques and regulations, Dennis McKee, founder and CEO of United Oilfield Services Sp. z o.o., said in an interview in Warsaw.
The Szymanowice-1 well will be completed and tested at the end of the first quarter and is scheduled to begin commercial production early in 2015.
The company and BNK Petroleum Inc. have agreed to acquire the interests of the other two Saponis shareholders on a pro-rata basis.
The planned fund would become a shareholder in domestic shale gas licenses to be sold under new regulations.