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Thursday, March 10, 2016
Cairn Energy and its partners offshore Senegal, FAR Ltd., ConocoPhillips, and Petrosen saw another successful well drilled and tested. The partners’ SNE-3 appraisal well confirmed the deliverability of the well, through two DSTs.
During the first DST the well flowed at a maximum rate of around 5,400 bpd and a main flow rate of about 4,000 bpd over a 24-hour period from a 15-meter zone. For the second DST an additonal 5.5-meter zone was added and the well flowed at a combined maximum rate of around 5,200 bpd, with an associated main flow rate of around 4,500 bpd over a six-hour period
Testing provided confirmation of similar reservoir quality and correlation of the principal reservoir units between SNE-1, SNE-2 and SNE-3. A 144 meter of continuous core was taken across the entire reservoir interval with 100% recovery.
Cairn Energy chief executive Simon Thomson said, “Cairn is delighted with the flow rates from the latest well in the Senegal appraisal program, which validate the scale and growth potential of the SNE field. The results have demonstrated the ability of the upper reservoirs to flow at commercially viable rates and we eagerly look forward to the results of the BEL-1 well which will commence operations shortly.”
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