Jupiter Energy has provided an update on drilling at the East Akkar field in Kazakhstan.
Well 19 has been spudded by the company between the J-51 and J-52 wells which have both been producing oil under trial production licenses.
Jupiter Energy is considering legal action over a delay in one of its licence extension applications in Kazakhstan.
The company applied for a number of production licences to be continued and has been granted all but one.
Its application for an extension on licence J-50 is being held by the Kazakh Committee of Geology, pending resolution for the allocation of reserves within the well.
Kazakhstan-focused Jupiter Energy will begin drilling one of its wells in its East Akkar field.
Well 19, sits between the J-51 AND J-52 wells, both of which have been producing oil under trial production licenses.