Repsol unsuccessful with newest wildcat offshore Guyana

Offshore employees

LONDON — Repsol has failed to seek out hydrocarbons with its newest exploration effectively offshore Guyana.

The jackup Noble Regina Allen drilled the Beebei-Potaro effectively in 71 m of water to a complete depth of 4,325 m within the Kanuku license.

In keeping with associate Tullow Oil, whereas the first and secondary targets contained good-quality reservoir, each had been water-bearing.

The effectively has been plugged and deserted. Tullow mentioned it could combine the outcomes into its regional subsurface fashions and work with the companions earlier than deciding on any future motion.

In its newest outcomes evaluate, the corporate revealed that it had taken over operation and upkeep of the Jubilee FPSO offshore Ghana from MODEC. That is a part of a plan to make its property within the nation extra environment friendly and cost-effective, Tullow mentioned, together with sustaining robust FPSO uptimes and pursuing additional working value reductions.

The Jubilee co-venturers have held talks with Ghana’s authorities on growing round 2 Tcf of related and non-associated in Jubilee and the deepwater TEN fields to assist maintain the nation’s long-term vitality safety of the nation.

As for the continued drilling program that began in April 2021, to this point six new wells have been drilled at Jubilee and one at TEN, at a median value of underneath $50 million every—greater than 10% under what had been anticipated. As well as, the Jubilee J12-WI and TEN En16-WI wells have been accomplished.

This yr’s two new water injectors and one new producer have helped offset Jubilee’s pure decline, and Tullow expects the present tempo of this system to result in an acceleration of the following part of drilling at Jubilee into the fourth quarter.

These wells will likely be tied into the Jubilee southeast infrastructure in 2023.

At TEN, lively reservoir administration has helped gradual the pure decline. The Enyenra (En16-WI) water injector ought to come onstream later this yr to offer strain assist for current producers. An additional Enyenra producer is about to be drilled and accomplished later this yr.

At current, the rig is drilling the primary of the 2 Ntomme Riser Base producer wells, each as a result of be tied in and onstream within the second half of 2023, following set up of a riser base manifold.

Offshore Côte d’Ivoire, manufacturing from the CNR-operated averaged about 2, 100 boe/d within the first half of the yr. A two-month shutdown will happen this month with cargo tank upkeep work at present progressing.

Tullow continues to interact with the operator on figuring out growth drilling alternatives.

08.05.2022