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Sunday, March 25, 2018
Despite strong output from its Opuama wells in Nigeria, Eland Oil & Gas said it has decided to pause drilling operations as the program continued to encounter intermittent power problems.
The company is arranging for new back-up power engines to be delivered to site; they are expected to arrive in April.
As a result of the halt to the drilling program, Eland now expects to complete the Opuama-9 well in April, with the drilling of Opuama-10 due to follow immediately afterwards.
“Although any delay is frustrating it is not unexpected during a multi-well drilling campaign,” said George Maxwell, Eland chief executive. “I am very pleased with how our team and our partners have responded to the challenge and it should not mask the success of our ongoing drilling campaign which has increased gross production from 12,000 bopd to a record 23,164 boepd in under six months.”
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