By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Sept. 28 -- Workover operations to restart production from El Bibane field off Tunisia have been unsuccessful, said Candax Energy Inc., Toronto. Operations are being suspended and equipment demobilized.
El Bibane 3 was temporarily shut in for essential maintenance and repair of the wellhead. Attempts to restart production have been made using nitrogen lift, but due to the high water-cut in the well, natural flow could not be sustained when the nitrogen lift was terminated.
Candax had planned a full field development program to optimize production and recovery of the El Bibane reserves. The program will now include reinstating production from El Bibane 3. The plan involves drilling another development well and installing permanent gas lift capability in both wells. The program is expected to start late in the fourth quarter and to complete in first quarter 2006.