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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
RAK Petroleum saw first oil from the a second platform on Block CI-27 offshore Cote d’Ivoire operated by Foxtrot International, in which RAK owns a stake. The Marlin-B1ST well, the first well in an initial five-well drilling campaign to develop two previously discovered fields on the block, is currently flowing an average of 1,100 bpd.
The new Marlin platform was installed in April 2015 as part of a four-year, $1 billion expansion program to bring the Marlin oil and gas field and the Manta gas field on production. The platform will double Block CI-27’s hydrocarbons treatment capacity and increase the supply and the reliability of gas deliveries.
The first platform on the block has been in operation since 1999 and processes gas and liquids from the Foxtrot and Mahi fields.
The Marlin-B1ST well encountered 62 meters of gross pay in the Cenomanian interval; an 18.5-meter section of this interval was oil bearing, of which a 6.4-meter section has been perforated. The well, drilled in 100 meters of water, reached a total depth of 2,660 meters.
Drilling of the top holes of the remaining wells in this phase of the development program is ongoing.
Through Mondoil Enterprises, RAK Petroleum has a one-third ownership of Foxtrot International which operates Block CI-27 with a 24% direct stake. Other partners on the block are the state oil company, PETROCI SA (40%), SECI SA (24%) and ENERCI SA (12%). Foxtrot International also has a 27.27% interest in ENERCI, bringing Mondoil Enterprises’ overall stake in Block CI-27 to 9.1%.
Gas production from Block CI-27 in 2015 through the end of Q3 averaged 145 Mmcf/d. Production of oil and condensates from the block this year has averaged just below 1,000 bpd prior to startup of the new well.
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