Origin preps second Kupe producer
Origin Energy, the operator of the Kupe project on New Zealand’s offshore
Taranaki basin, said it had installed tubing and downhole equipment on the
Kupe South-6 (KS-6) well, the second of three production bores on the field.
Origin said it would run pressure tests on the well before moving the jack-up
rig Ensco 107 back to finalise completion of the KS-7 sidetrack.
Following that, the rig will move to complete the KS-8 well. The rig has
drilled all three producers on a batch basis.
The field lies on the PML 38146 well off New Zealand’s South Island.
The wells are being drilled on the PML38146 permit and will be tied in to an
unmanned platform, which will feed an onshore facility via a 30-kilometre
pipeline.
First gas is expected by mid-2009.
Origin operates the project with a 50% stake, with the remaining stakes being
held by subsidiaries of local players Genesis Energy (31%) and New Zealand
Oil & Gas (NZOG) (15%), and by Japan’s Mitsui E&P (5%).
08 May 2008 00:21 GMT
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08 May 2008 00:21 GMT
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