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CHAPTER TWO
Developments of Energy Resourrces
fromAlta gas- condensate field offshore Norway
i
, expecting average
flow to reach 14 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day, including
2,500 barrels per day of condensate in 2013.
In
Nigeria
, Afren PLC. and Amni International Petroleum
Development Co. Ltd. have started production from an extension of
Okoro Oil Field offshore southeastern Nigeria at a stabilized rate of
5,000 barrels per day of 38º API oil
ii
.
In
Colombia
, PetroMagdalena Energy Corp., Toronto, has started
production from its Azor Field discovery well while continuing to
explore the Arrendajo block in Colombia’s Llanos Basin. Azor-1X,
placed on production on January 31 from the C5 sand, flowed 1,181
barrels per day of 35.5° gravity oil with 3% water cut.
In
Netherlands
, A group led by Wintershall has started
production from K18- Golf Field, the company’s first tight gas
field in the Netherlands North Sea. Wintershall initially plans to
produce 35.3 million standard cubic feet of gas from the Permian
Rotliegend Formation via one subsea well. A second production well
next summer is set to maintain plateau between 35 and 50 million
standard cubic feet. Located in a restricted military zone, K18- Golf
had to be developed subsea and within a short time window. Gas is
produced via subsea pipeline to the K15-FA platform 10 km north.
The K18-G1 well was drilled 3,750 m vertically and then 1,400 m
horizontally
iii
. Dana Petroleum PLC. has also started production from
the Van Ghent well in Phase 1 of its Medway development project
in the Netherlands North Sea. The production is expected to average
4,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day
iv
.
i
Oil and Gas Journal, 8/10/2012
ii
Oil and Gas Journal, 31/10/2012
iii
Oil and Gas Journal, 6/3/2012
iv
Oil and Gas Journal, 18/1/2012
