Predator Oil & Gas Holdings plc has completed its acquisition of operator T-Rex Resources (Trinidad) Ltd and 83.8% of the Cory Moruga licence, onshore Trinidad. SNOWCAP The licence includes the Snowcap discovery, with oil previously produced on test from the Snowcap-1 and Snowcap-2ST wells. Over the next three years, Predator will re-enter Snowcap-1 to bring […]
Equipment & Logistics
Wressle-1 resumes production with down-hole jet pump
The Wressle-1 well has been brought back into production at the joint venture within PEDL180/192 oil field in Lincolnshire. SALES Project partners comprise operator Egdon Energy plc (30%), Union Jack Oil plc (40%) and Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc (30%). Union Jack and Europa said that the down-hole jet pump, installed in October, and […]
Helium One finds ‘elevated’ helium shows in Tai-3
The Tai-3 well has encountered a weathered crystalline Basement with “elevated helium shows up to six times above background levels” at Rukwa in southwest Tanzania. RESERVOIR TARGETS Helium One Global Ltd drilled over the weekend after repairing and reinstalling the component to the iron rough neck, reaching total depth (TD) of 1,448m measured depth. The […]
Angus commissions permanent flowline
Angus Energy plc has commissioned the permanent flowline from the BO7T sidetrack well at the Saltfleetby gas field in Lincolnshire. COST REDUCTIONS In May the company connected the well with a temporary flowline and began construction of its permanent replacement. “This has been a challenging project not least because of the weather conditions during construction […]
Neptune notes starts of oil production from Seagull
Neptune Energy reported the start of oil production from the joint venture Seagull field in the UK North Sea. INNOVATIVE The four-well subsea tie-back project re-uses existing facilities on the Heron pipeline hosted by the BP’s 25-year-old operated eastern tough area project central processing facility in the central North Sea. Project partners comprise Neptune (35%), […]
Tobias-13 shows potentially ‘significant’ productive zones
The Tobias-13 well has encountered “several potentially productive zones in multiple intervals” in the Kwanza basin, Angola. BINGA RESERVOIR Corcel plc’s joint venture and operator Sonangol (80%) drilled at a downdip location from historic production to the planned depth of 958.5 metres, penetrating the entire Binga reservoir section of a circa 120m column. Results indicate […]