Reliance soon to raise MA oil production to 21,000 b/d
Reliance is moving closer to its target of 40,000 b/d peak output from the MA oilfield, which sits inside its better-known D6 gasfield.
PETROWATCH learns over the next few days Transocean deepwater drillship Deepwater Frontier will â€کcomplete’ well MA-6H, raising to four the number of producers pumping out MA crude. “The fourth well should produce another 7000 to 8000 b/d,†reports a source.
With present production around 14,000 b/d, this means by end-August MA should be producing nearer 21,000 b/d. Deepwater Frontier spud â€کmultilateral’ well MA-6H on May 22 and begin drilling to TD of between 6200 and 6250 metres targeting a 24-metre column at different levels, we hear.
“Multilateral wells are best for getting maximum production.†In addition to oil, the MA oilfield is also producing up to 2m cm/d of gas, but instead of being shipped to shore and sold to customers alongside D6 gas, it is re-injected into the MA reservoir to stimulate oil production.
“The reservoir is yet to fully stabilise,†adds a source. “Reliance needs to re-inject the gas for at least another two months to efficiently manage the reservoir.
†With luck Reliance hopes an under-construction pipeline to evacuate MA gas to the Control Riser Platform of the D6 field will be ready by September. “Right now the pipeline is being tested,†we hear.
“It should be ready latest in another two months.†Under its Field Development Plan for MA, Reliance can evacuate surplus gas to its onshore terminal where it will be mixed with D6 gas for onward sales.
Will a fifth producer be drilled at MA to accelerate oil production “No decision has been taken yet,†we hear. “Reliance has a backlog of exploration and development wells to drill elsewhere.
Any decision on a fifth well at MA will be taken after this well is completed and put on production.†At its peak, Reliance feels MA could yield around 40,000 b/d for 10 years.