By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Feb. 17 -- Shell Gabon SA and coventurer Pan-Ocean Energy Corp. Ltd. Helier, Jersey, UK, have completed a 6-day well test on its recently drilled AWOKOU-1 ST3 appraisal well on the Awoun permit in Gabon, West Africa.
Oil flowed 4,000 b/d on test at 640 psia through a 46/64-in. choke and had a gas:oil ratio of 400 scf/bbl. The well produced no water and encountered 31° gravity oil with properties similar to the oil in nearby fields. The flow rate was constrained due to capacity limitations of surface facilities.
The test results follow the coventurers' earlier light oil discovery on the Koula prospect (OGJ Online, Sept. 8, 2004).
Shell, the operator, and PanOcean currently are determining the feasibility of a development program, and planning to appraise the Damier discovery—also on the Awoun permit—in the first half of 2005.
