Valeura Energy completes Manora field drilling

• Valeura drilled a five well program, comprised of three production-oriented infill development wells and two appraisal wells.
• The campaign resulted in a 722 b/d uplift from the field  

Valeura Energy Inc. completed a five-well infill drilling campaign comprising three production- wells and two appraisal wells at Manora field in License G1/48 offshore Gulf of Thailand. 
 
A34 was drilled for infill development targets within the deep 600-series sands in the field’s eastern fault block.  The well was successful and has been completed as a multi-zone comingled producer.

A38 was drilled horizontally into the eastern fault block, with the objective of developing the shallower 300-series sands. It was completed as a producer, with the well design incorporating an innovative downhole autonomous inflow control device (ICD) to manage water vs. oil production. Valeura is monitoring the impact of this and other ICDs to optimize the application of this technology across the portfolio.

A36 targeted sands across several known producing intervals in the field’s main fault block and has been completed as a multi-zone infill development well. Only the deepest targets are currently producing and the shallower zones will be brought on production later.

A35 successfully appraised several zones of interest within the shallower 300-series sands.  While this appraisal well will not be a producer (and accordingly has been plugged and abandoned), the results encountered have indicated the potential for three further development wells within this reservoir section, which will now be further studied and modelled for inclusion in future development drilling.

A37 was drilled horizontally and is a combined appraisal and development well. The well encountered an encouraging appraisal target in the 500-series sands which is now being matured for inclusion in a future drilling campaign.  The well’s development target, within the deeper 600-series sands, was completed as a producer.

Campaign appraisal objectives have yielded between three and five potential future drilling targets, which will be further evaluated for inclusion in a future drilling program. The company’s Manora field working interest share oil production before royalties has increased to 2,866 b/d for the last 14-day period from a 2,144 b/d average in December. 

Following completion of the Manora drilling campaign, Valeura’s contracted drilling rig has mobilized to License B5/27 (100% operated interest) where it is currently conducting a drilling program on the Jasmine C wellhead platform.

Valeura Energy is operator of License G1/48 with 70% working interest.