Neptune Energy spuds Rhine Valley well
Neptune Energy Group Ltd. has spudded a new production well at Rӧmerberg oil field in the Rhine Valley, southwestern Germany.
The well, the ninth production well in the field, is being drilled with a rig operated by Drilltec, with final expected vertical depth of about 2,180 m. Total depth is expected to be reached in October, and production is expected to come onstream in this year's fourth quarter.
Average production from the field is about 2,000 boe/d. An application to increase production, currently limited to 500 tons/day of crude oil, is in the final stages. Once approved, Neptune intends to progress plans to drill additional production wells to develop the reservoir further.
Neptune Energy is operator at Rӧmerberg (50%) with partner Palatina GeoCon (50%).
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
