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AED opens Puffin taps



By Upstream staff 

The AED-operated Puffin North East development in the Timor Sea off north-west Australia has come on stream, with first oil from the Puffin-8 well reaching topsides over the weekend.

The field was initially expected to start producing in 2006, but the start-up was delayed to this summer and then to mid-to-late September.

AED said Puffin-8 was producing up to around 12,000 barrels per day before being shut in, while Puffin-7 has subsequently been commissioned, reaching a maximum rate of around 16,000 bpd overnight.

The flow from both wells is currently being combined and the plan is to gradually increase the total flow through the process facilities to the interim commissioning rate of 27,000 bpd late today, before progressing to stabilised production rate, the company said.

Meanwhile, AED said the drilling rig Wilcraft is now on location and is being prepared to start drilling the Puffin-10 production well located in the Puffin SW region.


Monday, 08 October, 2007, 02:54 GMT  | last updated: Monday, 08 October, 2007, 06:54 GMT

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