Drilling begins on Manora oil development offshore Thailand

Sept. 5, 2014
A joint venture led by Mubadala Petroleum, Abu Dhabi, has spudded the first of 15 planned development wells in the Manora oil development in the northern Gulf of Thailand.

A joint venture led by Mubadala Petroleum, Abu Dhabi, has spudded the first of 15 planned development wells in the Manora oil development in the northern Gulf of Thailand.

The well, MNA-02, along with the MNA-01 well will be batch drilled by the Atwood Orca jack up drilling unit to final total depths of 2,104 m and 2,441 m, respectively, and will be completed using electric submersible pumps prior to production.

Drilling and completion of both wells is planned to last 24 days. Production is expected to commence shortly after completion, and eventually peak at 15,000 b/d of oil (OGJ Online, July 28, 2011). The JV estimates a field life of 11 years.

The development drilling program, expected to last until the end of first-quarter 2015, involves drilling and completion of 10 production wells and 5 injection wells.

Interest holders are MP G1 Ltd. with 60%, Tap Energy Pty. Ltd. 30%, and Northern Gulf Petroleum Pte. Ltd. 10%.