Karoon produces from second well at Patola

Karoon Energy Ltd. brought the second Patola well onstream in the BM-S-40 production license in Patola field, offshore Brazil.

Well PAT-1 was brought onstream Mar. 27, 2023, at an initial rate of more than 12,000 bo/d. Together with the PAT-2 well, which started production Mar. 15, current total production from the license is now more than 40,000 bo/d (OGJ Online, Mar. 15, 2023).

Overall flow rates are gradually stabilizing on the FPSO, with total throughput now approaching the processing capacity of 80,000 b/d. After an initial period of Patola flush production, rates from the license will decline to about 33,000-35,000 bo/d over the next few weeks, prior to entering a more normal natural decline phase, the company said.

All vessels, equipment, and operating teams will now be demobilized.

Petrobras discovered Patola in 2011, encountering 38° API oil in the same Oligocene turbidite sandstones found in Bauna and Piracaba fields. Patola is in 280 m of water and has proven and probable (2P) reserves of 16.4 million bbl.

Karoon bought the BM-S-40 assets from Petrobras in June 2021.