The company has said that it expects its production capacity to reach around 16,000bopd (100%) during the course of May 2010.
The results from the drilling of the OMGW-201 well and the structural map up-dated to incorporate the new seismic lines will make it possible to file an exclusive development authorisation application, incorporating the development plan for the field. Once this authorisation has been obtained, the company will have an 85% interest in the field.
The duct connecting the Gwedidi field to Onal has been laid in such a way as to run through the Mbigou field, where the discovery well OMBG-1, drilled in August 2008, was tested flowing with 700b/d in the upper ‘Gres de base’.
A collector has been installed linking the PF-1000 platform to the PF-200 platform, in order to connect the 4 Onal-1001-1002-1003 and 1004 wells, southeast of the Onal field, drilled between July 2009 and January 2010.
Onal-1002 and Onal-1004 wells started pumping on March 17, 2010. Tests on the two wells had established pumping capacity of 1,200bopd and flowing capacity of 150bopd (600 bopd estimated pumping capacity) respectively.
The Onal-1003, tested selectively on 2 levels with 750bopd and 1,100bopd, will be started in late March 2010. The Onal-1001 well, not yet tested, will be started late March 2010. Its pumped discharge is estimated to be 700bopd.
On March 12, 2010, the company received an exclusive development authorisation for the Banio field. Group working interest is now 92.5%.
Since the beginning of the year, the Onal field has produced an average of 8,670bopd increasing the company’s average total production in Gabon to10,720bopd since the beginning of the year, the company added.
