BW Energy spuds first production well at Hibiscus Ruche Phase I

BW Energy Gabon began drilling at the at the Hibiscus Ruche Phase I development in the Dussafu Marin permit and associated Ruche Exclusive Exploitation Area (EEA), offshore Gabon, partner Panoro Energy ASA said in a Jan. 9 release.

The Borr Norve jack-up drilling rig arrived on location in late December and spud the first production well, DHIBM-3H, during the first week of January. The well, targeting the regionally prolific Gamba sandstone reservoir, is expected to deliver about 30,000 bo/d gross of new production when all wells are completed and onstream, Panoro said.

Installation of flexible pipelines and risers, completing the 20 km connection between the BW MaBoMo production platform and the FPSO BW Adolo, has also been completed. First oil is expected in March 2023.

At Tortue field, installation of the new gas lift compressor is under way onboard the FPSO. The new gas lift compressor unit to support production from the six existing Tortue wells was received onboard the BW Adolo in December with installation work ongoing. Final commissioning and start-up of the compressor is expected in this year's first quarter.

BW Energy Gabon is operator of the Dussafu license (73.5%) with partners Panoro Energy (17.5%) and Gabon Oil Co. (9%).