IOG plc said it needed to conduct further processes and safety studies before reopening the shut-in Blythe well at its Saturn Banks project in the Southern North Sea.
WORKSTREAMS
The company and its offshore duty holder ODE Asset Management (ODEAM) are investigating the chemical injection fault on the Blythe platform which led to the Blythe well being temporarily shut in.
IOG today said that site needed additional process and safety studies and procurement of materials before it could implement the solution.
“These workstreams are being pursued as rapidly as possible to expedite safe reopening of the Blythe well.
“The fault is a mechanical issue on the Blythe topsides and does not relate to the Blythe reservoir.”
URGENT
“We are working urgently to resolve this very frustrating platform mechanical issue which has shut in the Blythe well,” said chief executive Andrew Hockey.
“Importantly, this is not a reservoir-related issue and Elgood production continues in the meantime within a very strong gas market.”
SOUTHWARK
IOG added that, following a successful exercise to remediate the seabed conditions, development drilling at Southwark remained due to resume by mid-April.