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British Gas Spins Bit in Offshore Tunisia Development
June 14, 2010
In late May 2010, British Gas Tunisia Limited (BG) was testing Hasdrubal A4ST3 in its Hasdrubal field, offshore Pelagian Basin. The well has a PTD of 4,380m in the El Gueria Formation. In November and December 2009, BG was drilling Hasdrubal A4ST2. The well was drilled to a depth of 4,550m in the El Gueria Formation. Previously in May 2009, BG drilled and tested sidetrack well Hasdrubal A1ST. The well was spudded on 10 April 2009. The well Hasdrubal A1 reached TD on 29 January 2008. The well was spudded on 5 December 2007. In January 2010, BG drilled and completed Hasdrubal A2.
Six horizontal development wells, four gas and two oil bi-laterals will be drilled in two phases with the initial phase comprising three gas wells and one gas/oil bi-lateral. The first phase of the drilling program comprises wells Hasdrubal A1, A2, A3 and A4. The wells have a PTD of approximately 3,200m in the El Gueria. The company has contracted the "Ensco 105" J/U. The second phase will initially comprise a further two wells, one gas and one oil/gas bi-lateral. Development well Hasdrubal A3 reached TD on 15 July 2008. Drilling operations in the field were suspended due to technical problems in December 2008. The program was initially expected to be completed in February 2009, with first gas by Q1 2009 (delayed to December 2009).
BG commenced commercial gas production from the Hasdrubal field in mid-December 2009. The field is expected to produce some 120 MMcf/d of gas, 15,000 bl/d of condensate and crude oil and 400 t/d of LPG. BG stated that it anticipates becoming the largest gas, LPG and liquids producer in Tunisia and meeting some 50% of domestic gas demand. In its Q4 2009 report, BG indicated that the gross platform/plant rate was of 37,000 boe/d. BG introduced gas from the Hasdrubal field into the offshore facilities in July 2009.
The offshore platform was installed, the pipe laying for the 117km 18' subsea pipeline connecting the platform to the terminal was completed and the central treatment plant onshore Sfax was 90% completed in February 2009. The gas treatment plant will proceed 120 MMcf/d of gas to produce commercial gas, 15,000 bl/d of condensate and crude oil and 400 t/d of LPG. Etap indicated that the pipelines linking the Hasdrubal processing plant to the LPG plant at Gabes will be operational by mid-2010. Meanwhile, the LPG will be transported by road tanker.