Production capacity at Manora field increases by 4,500 b/d

Production capacity at Mubadala Petroleum-operated Manora field in the Gulf of Thailand has increased by 4,500 b/d following conclusion of a $15.08-million 2020 development drilling and workover program.

Four new development wells and two completed workovers are now on stream making Manora field capable of producing a total of about 9,500 bo/d.

JV partner, Tap Oil Ltd., Perth, said the highlights of the program included the MNA-28 development well intersecting and high quality 490 series reservoirs high to prognosis making it a key additional oil producer, while the MNA-25 well has become the new crestal development well for the 600 series reservoirs in the central fault block of the structure.

MNA-27 development well is now the crestal well for the 490 series reservoirs in the eastern fault block and the MNA-26H horizontal well will produce otherwise undrained oil in the high quality 370-10 reservoir in the eastern fault block.

Of the workovers, Tap said the previously shut-in MNA-15 had a new electrical submersible pump installed and is now producing 500 b/d, while MNA-7 was converted to a water injection well to add 8,000 b/d of water disposal capacity required for the forecast ramp up in production.

Tap said that total oil liftings of 1.46 million bbl of oil have been scheduled between July and December, adding that production is currently constrained to about 7,000 b/d until early September due to the floating storage and offtake vessel’s oil storage constraints. After September the production will be increased to full field capacity.