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Serica yet to find commercial results in North Eigg

Serica Energy plc said it was yet to find commercial quantities of hydrocarbons during drilling the North Eigg exploration well in the UK North Sea. OPERATIONS The company drilled well 3/24c-6B to a total depth of 16,728 feet and encountered 16 feet of hydrocarbon-bearing sands. “These have confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons at a deeper […]

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Serica Energy quadruples production from Bruce

Serica Energy plc has quadrupled production from its 24-year-old well in the Bruce field while the Columbus well reached one million barrels of oil equivalent this month. BRUCE In an operations report, the company said that following Serica’s first light well intervention vessel (LWIV) campaign, the initial well (Bruce M1) was re-entered for the first […]

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Serica Energy spuds North Eigg gas exploration well

Serica Energy plc today began drilling the North Eigg exploration well 3/24c-NE1 in the North Sea. SPUDDING Transocean ‘sPaul B. Loyd Jr. harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig spud the well at 4.30am. Operator Serica said that the high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) exploration well targeting Upper Jurassic turbidite sands, was similar to those encountered in […]