Eric Watkins
Senior Correspondent
LOS ANGELES, July 18 -- TransGlobe Energy Corp., Calgary, reported start-up of the Block S-1 oil pipeline in Yemen.
The 18-mile, 10-in. pipeline connects An Nagyah oil field with the Halewah production facility and export pipeline operated by Jannah Hunt Oil Co.
TransGlobe expects An Nagyah flow, now about 8,700 b/d, to reach 10,000 b/d this month. Earlier, production of about 8,300 b/d was trucked to Halewah.
Vintage Petroleum Inc., Tulsa, operates the field and holds 75%. TransGlobe holds 25% (OGJ, Nov. 1, 2004).
TransGlobe said preparation is under way for drilling of the An Nagyah 16 horizontal development well. Several further horizontal wells are planned to fully develop the field.
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