Drilling begins on Manora oil development offshore Thailand

Sept. 30, 2014
A joint venture led by Mubadala Petroleum, Abu Dhabi, has successfully drilled the first two of 15 planned development wells in the Manora oil development in the northern Gulf of Thailand. The wells were spudded earlier this month.

A joint venture led by Mubadala Petroleum, Abu Dhabi, has successfully drilled the first two of 15 planned development wells in the Manora oil development in the northern Gulf of Thailand. The wells were spudded earlier this month (OGJ Online, Sept. 5, 2014).

The Mubadala-led group also has begun commissioning work on the Manora’s production platform.

The MNA-01 and MNA-02 wells encountered a respective 52.4 m and 48.77 m of net oil pay. Production from these wells is required before oil can be introduced to the Manora facilities.

The wells will be completed as single zone producers in two of the three reservoirs in the field.

A third development well, MNA-03, is currently being drilled and is targeting the third reservoir.

Following some delays because of bad weather and minor hold-ups on the production platform, Mubadala now says the field is expected on stream by the end of October.

Manora, discovered in 2009 in 50 m of water on Block G1/48, has an estimated 20 million bbl of oil reserves. It is expected to eventually produce 15,000 b/d from 15 wells housed on the production platform and feeding into a floating storage and offtake vessel.

Venture operator Mubadala holds 60% interest. Its partners include Tap Energy Pty. Ltd. 30% and Northern Gulf Petroleum Pte. Ltd. 10%.