Condor Energies Inc. initiated a multi-well workover campaign for the eight gas-condensate fields it operates in Uzbekistan.
This initial workover campaign includes installing proven artificial lift equipment to yield higher gas flow rates and increase well uptime, perforating newly identified pay intervals, performing downhole stimulation treatments, and isolating identified water intervals.
With over 100 wells associated with the project, both existing and shut-in wells will continue to be evaluated for optimization opportunities. The company has also started construction of the first in-line flow separation unit which separates water from the gas streams in the field, rather than at the production facility, thereby reducing pipeline flow pressure that can lead to higher reservoir flow rates.
"Since assuming operations on March 1, 2024, we’ve flattened the project’s natural production decline rates, which previously exceeded 20% annually, while producing an average of approximately 10,000 boe/d in the second quarter to-date," said Don Streu, president and chief executive officer. The work was achieved "by introducing downhole surfactants that lift produced water more effectively, performing well choke-size optimizations, implementing facility upgrades, and introducing new operating methodologies. We are also undertaking a fugitive emissions mitigation program to reduce greenhouse gases for the project," he said.
On Feb. 2, Condor signed a contract with the Uzbekistan government to increase production and overall recovery rates from an integrated cluster of eight conventional natural gas-condensate fields in the Gazli region for use in the domestic market. The fields consist of stacked carbonate and clastic reservoirs that are geologically similar to those in the Western Canadian Sedimentary basin (OGJ Online, Feb. 2, 2024).