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    ExxonMobil resumes Point Thomson drilling

    Dec. 10, 2009
    ExxonMobil Production Co. has resumed drilling two wells at Point Thomson gas-condensate field in Alaska, which it had drilled to about 5,000 ft in the ice-free part of the year (OGJ Online, Sept. 10, 2009).

    By OGJ editors
    HOUSTON, Dec. 10     -- ExxonMobil Production Co. has resumed drilling two wells at Point Thomson gas-condensate field in Alaska, which it had drilled to about 5,000 ft in the ice-free part of the year (OGJ Online, Sept. 10, 2009).

    Deeper drilling is allowed only during Nov. 1-Apr. 15.

    The company expects the PTU-15 and PTU-16 wells to reach total depth by the end of 2010.

    It plans to start production in 2014 of 10,000 b/d of condensate, processing 200 MMcfd of natural gas for recycling into the high-pressure reservoir.

    The drilling is occurring under an interim conditional decision by the Alaskan government in a dispute over status of the leases (OGJ, Feb. 9, 2009, p. 29).

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