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Thursday, December 1, 2016
A hydraulic workover unit has been mobilized on to VAALCO Energy’s Avouma platform offshore Gabon on the Etame Marin permit. The company said that work is underway to replace a failed electric submersible pump (ESP).
This is not the first problem the company has had at Avouma. In late-July the primary electrical submersible pump (ESP) failed on its Avouma 2-H well. Prior to attempting to start the secondary ESP, Vaalco and the original equipment manufacturer which installed the ESP worked closely to re-design the start-up procedure and adjust the operating conditions in an effort to prevent another ESP failure. The lower pump was successfully started in August and remained operational for approximately 10 days. At the time of the secondary ESP failure, the well was producing at a rate of around 1,850 bpd gross.
The failed ESPs will be inspected by the original equipment manufacturer, who also installed the ESPs, to determine what caused the failures.
Cary Bounds, company COO and interim CEO said that the company hoped to restore production at Avouma before the end of 2017.
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