By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov. 16 -- Anzon Australia Ltd. reported the start of production from Basker oil field in the Gippsland basin, 75 km off Victoria (see map, OGJ, Oct. 24, 2005, p. 50).
The Basker-2 well flowed from the upper of two intervals in which it was completed at initial rates of 9,500 b/d of oil and 10 MMscfd of solution gas with no water. The well, in 155 m of water in Bass Strait, is a subsea completion linked by a 1.9 km flowline to the Crystal Ocean floating production, storage, and offtake (FPSO) vessel, the first FPSO in the Gippsland basin. The inlet choke pressure on the FPSO was 1,400 psig.
The Basker-Manta-Gummy Joint Venture developed the field. Interests are Anzon, operator, 62.5%, and Beach Petroleum Ltd., 37.5%.
