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Good Results for Opuama and Ubima Testing

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Eland Oil & Gas, through its JV subsidiary Elcrest Exploration and Production Nigeria has continued testing and production of the two reservoirs penetrated by the Opuama-10 well. The long string producing from the deepest of these reservoirs the D5000, flowed at 3,159 bpdand the short string, producing from the D1000, flowed at 3,739 bpd.

It is expected following completion of testing that stabilized initial production from Opuama-10 will be in excess of 5,500 bpd with aggregate production from the Opuama field expected to average above 29,000 bpd.

Furthermore, the OES Teamwork Rig has drilled Opuama-11 to total true vertical depth of 7,914 ft and the final casing string has been run and cemented. The three target zones, D3500, D4000 and D2000 reservoirs recorded aggregated net pay of 185 ft of apparent vertical thickness.

The D3500 and D4000 reservoirs will be perforated at this stage and a Maximum Efficiency Rate Test (MER Test) incrementally testing the well at increasing choke sizes will be performed. Initial production from the test is expected in September. It is expected that initial gross production from Opuama-11 will be between 4,000 and 6,000 bpd.

On its Ubima field, the company said that well testing operations are currently in progress on the D1000 reservoir to gather important information on oil characteristics and reservoir performance. To date, the F7000 reservoir was tested at flow rates of up to 2,500 bpd. Upon completion of the D1000 test, the potential to test the E1000/E2000 will be evaluated and the well will be completed with a dual completion with the KCA Deutag T-57 rig.


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