Taps back on at El Bibane
Sweden's PA Resouces and its partner Candax Energy have turned on the taps at
the El Bibane field, off Tunisia, it said today.
In a release, PA said a three well drilling programme has been completed and
oil has started flowing from well EBB-4, according to operator Candax.
Oil production rates have so far been variable due to onshore plant
commissioning and offshore tie-in delays due to bad weather, both of which
have forced several shutdowns.
So far, peak daily production rate is about 1400 barrels of oil per day.
Candax expects oil output to rise considerably over the coming weeks as
production from EBB-4 is optimised and the EBB-3 well is tied in and brought
on stream.
EBB-3 was completed last week, and the installation of the EBB-3 platform
and pipeline hook-ups with the other wells is ongoing.
The onshore SEEB gas power station is also being commissioned and will be
ready to commence power generation operations once gas production from El
Bibane has been stabilised in April.
The gas injection well EBB-5 was tested in the beginning of March and flowed
gas and condensate to the onshore central processing facility to clean up
the well and enable the onshore plant commissioning to be initiated.
El Bibane lies off Tunisia's south-east coast, about 16 kilometres off the
coast from Zarzis.
Production from the field was shut in in 2006 because of problems with
restarting the single producing well after maintenance work.
The re-development project started in 2007 and is now close to finalisation.
Three wells have been drilled since 2007.
Once the whole re-development project is finalised, the field will produce
oil and gas from two production wells.
In order to maintain reservoir pressure, gas will be injected in one gas
injection well.
All wells are installed on three smaller wellhead platforms offshore. The
wells' stream of oil and gas will be transported in pipelines to a separate
production and export terminal onshore, were the oil and gas are processed
and separated.
The oil is exported and sold to the market. The gas is supplied to a gas power
station that produces electrical power. This plant is owned by a separate
company and delivers electrical power to the Tunisian state's electrical
company STEG.
The licensees in the El Bibane field are operator Candax with a 75% stake
and PA Resources with 25%.
25 March 2008 13:42 GMT
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25 March 2008 13:42 GMT
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