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Thursday, June 30, 2016
Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG) announced that the Savannah Oil Services Cameroon Train Rig arrived by ship to Doula port and the 2,756 tons of bulk load and containers have been offloaded and are ready for customs clearance. The new rail-mounted drilling platform for both a twin and step-out well will be located at the existing Logbaba plant and well site.
VOG’s wholly-owned subsidiary Gaz du Cameroun’s (GDC) schedule is to commence drilling in early Q3 and complete drilling by the end of 2016.
GDC will drill two wells on the Logbaba field to supplement the two existing Logbaba production wells. The VOG board believes that the new wells are required to meet the growing market demand for Logbaba gas, to develop Logbaba reserves, and to move some of its 2P (Proven plus Probable) reserves into the 1P (Proven) reserve category.
One of the wells will twin the La-104 well drilled in 1957; the other will be a step-out well to be drilled into a target intended to prove up more Probable reserves. Both of the wells will be drilled directionally from a drilling pad adjacent to the Logbaba gas plant, and are to be tied into production facilities immediately after they are drilled and completed. The La-104 twin well is almost vertical, with a target depth of 3,200 meters; the step-out well will be drilled to intersect a target about 1,100 meters to the south-east of the Logbaba drilling pad, also with a target depth of 3,200 meters.
Both wells are intended to produce from the Logbaba Formation. In addition to developing the gas reserves in the Logbaba Formation, one of the wells, the La-104 twin, has an additional option of an ‘exploration tail.’ This could be drilled from the base of the Logbaba Formation down to 4,200 meters below the surface to test the hydrocarbon potential of the Mundeck Formation which had historical gas shows in La-104.
GDC has prepared rig pad foundations, including leveling for the drill rig’s track and preparations of the cellars and mud pits together with the lay down areas for the equipment and drill piping. Three drill conductors have been hammered into place and some extra mud pits and a further holding area are in the process of being finalized. Other major site preparations, including new warehousing for rig supplies, camp civils and the pre-drilling slope stabilization work are completed. Transportation and assembly of all component drill parts and camp are being provided for the project by Savannah.
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