Petrofac updates on Don Development

10th Aug 2009 08:00

Petrofac, oil & gas facilities service provider, gave an update on the status of its Don Development project and said its now expects gross oil production this year will amount to between 3m-5m barrels. "The range in this estimate accounts for potential weather-related interruption to remaining well tie-back activities and offshore tanker-loading, which could be quite significant during the winter months," said the group.At West Don Field, which Petrofac has a 27.7% interest, drilling and tie-back operations of two production wells and one water injection well have been completed successfully. One production well has been on-stream since 28 April and has recently been producing at gross rates of around 6,000 barrels per day (bpd) without gas lift. Production from the second well commenced on Friday 7 August. Water injection is expected to start-up within the next few days.At Don Southwest Field, which is 60.0% owned by Petrofac, drilling operations of two production wells and two water injection wells have been completed successfully. One production well has been on-stream since 1 July and has stabilised at gross production rates of approximately 12,000 to 14,000 bpd over the last month. The second production well has been tied-in, however a further intervention is required to remove a suspected completion blockage prior to bringing it on-stream. The two water injection wells will be tied-back during October. Water injection is expected to start shortly thereafter.