VAALCO Energy Inc. completed two workovers at Etame field, offshore Gabon, adding about 1,050 gross b/d.
Well EEBOM-2H had its electrical submersible pump (ESP) replaced and upgraded. The workover increased production in mid-October to about 1,400 gross b/d (715 b/d net to VAALCO) from about 500 gross b/d prior to workover.
Well ET-12H has both upper and lower ESP units replaced and reconfigured. The workover increased production by 150 b/d to about 1,800 gross b/d (920 b/d net) in late-October.
VAALCO used its mobile hydraulic workover unit to rapidly mobilize and replace the ESPs cheaper and more efficiently compared to a drilling rig, the operator said.
VAALCO is operator in the Etame Marin block (63.6%). To date the block has produced over 123 million bbl of crude oil.
