Beibu development nears completion

Tanggu yard, northern China: wellhead platforms loadout from the Tanggu yard to be transported to the Beibu Gulf project in the South China Sea

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Danica Newnham

 21 November 2012 04:59 GMT

Chinese oil giant CNOOC has kicked off development drilling at Beibu Gulf in the South China Sea as the project’s final phase of construction nears completion.

As the development operator, CNOOC has started a base programme using its subsidiary COSL’s jack-up rig HYSY 931 to drill 10 development wells. It is planned to complete and tie-in the A6 well drilled through the WZ 6-12 wellhead platform during the previous exploration campaign.

The economics of the A7 well were also being evaluated, according to joint venture partner Roc Oil, which added that planning was underway for further development drilling from the wellhead platform to account for the discovery of additional pay zones in the WZ 6-12N-1 vertical exploration…

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