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of a production well on the Guebiba onshore field, part of the Thyna Production
Services S.A. (“TPS”) operated assets in Tunisia. This will be the first
drilling operation on the TPS operated assets since 2015.
This production well is anticipated to spud in May, and will be drilled using
the CTF 06 rig, a 2,000-horsepower onshore rig owned by Compagnie Tunisienne de
Forage (“CTF”), the Tunisian state-owned drilling contractor. The operations
will utilise an existing top hole section and will target a new production
interval on the Bireno formation at 3,600 meters in a known fault block
compartment, where an assessment of the historical performance of the field has
concluded that a further drainage point is required to effectively exploit the
resource potential present in the western panel of the field. The expected
incremental production uplift from this well is expected to significantly
increase the daily output at the TPS operated assets.
John Hamilton, CEO Panoro, said: “We are extremely pleased to have secured the
CTF 06 rig to drill at the Guebiba onshore field, in advance of its use on our
Salloum West exploration well. Our Tunisian assets are undergoing an
unprecedented high level of activity and we expect this to yield results in
material additional production during the first half of 2020.”
This additional well at the Guebiba onshore field will be drilled in advance of
the Salloum West exploration well, also targeting the Bireno formation, which
has been slightly delayed due to outstanding regulatory approvals. Once the rig
CTF 06 has concluded drilling operations at Guebiba, the intention is to
immediately mobilise the same rig to drill Salloum West, following an
anticipated final approval being received.
In addition, further production activities are underway, with three wells in the
final stages of being completed and brought on-line in stages by the end of 1Q
2020. Collectively, these workover activities are expected to increase the TPS
operated assets gross production to ca. 5,000 bopd. TPS have had a workover rig
on site since December and these workover activities have contributed to a rise
in gross production to in excess of 4,000 bopd, up from the Q3 2019 average
production of 3,450 bopd previously announced (Q4 2019 averaged approximately
3,500 bopd).
Other activities to boost daily output are also in the advanced phase of
planning, with implementation expected during the next few months. As an
example, a recent well stimulation exercise on one well in the Rhemoura field,
part of TPS operated assets, resulted in a fourfold increase in production. As a
result, the joint venture partners are now planning a campaign of similar
stimulations in several other TPS fields.
Enquiries
Panoro Energy ASA +44 203 405 1060
John Hamilton, Chief Executive Officer investors@panoroenergy.com
About Panoro Energy
Panoro Energy ASA is an independent E&P company based in London and listed on
the Oslo Stock Exchange with ticker PEN. The Company holds high quality
production, exploration and development assets in Africa, namely the Dussafu
License offshore southern Gabon, OML 113 offshore western Nigeria, and the TPS
operated assets, Sfax Offshore Exploration Permit and Ras El Besh Concession,
offshore Tunisia. For more information, please visit the Company’s website
at www.panoroenergy.com.
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