By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Mar. 31 -- Santos Ltd., Adelaide, has begun production from the Mutineer-Exeter oil fields off northwestern Australia, 150 km north of Dampier.
The fields' initial output is expected to be 70,000-90,000 b/d of oil with dual electric submersible pumps (OGJ Online, Feb. 17, 2005).
Production from seven wells will be tied to a 930,000-bbl floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) facility, with provision for up to nine wells in Mutineer field and five in Exeter field.
The FPSO, owned and operated by Modec Inc., Tokyo, has an oil processing capacity of 100,000 b/d, gas handling of 2-3 MMcfd, produced water treatment of 125,000 b/d, and topsides water injection facilities for 150,000 b/d.
Santos, 33.4%, is operator of the Mutineer-Exeter project on behalf of partners Kufpec Australia Pty. Ltd., 33.4%, Nippon Oil Exploration Pty. Ltd., 25%, and Woodside Energy Ltd., 8.2%.