Touchstone receives environmental clearance for Ortoire block work
Touchstone Exploration Inc. received a Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) to develop Ortoire block Cascadura area, onshore the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, from the Trinidad and Tobago Environmental Management Authority.
The CEC approves construction of a multi-well surface production unit with designed production capacity of 200 MMcfd natural gas, 5,000 b/d of associated liquids, and 200 b/d of produced water, with a storage capacity of 8,800 bbl of liquids on the Cascadura A wellsite.
The CEC also includes drilling eight wells at two well pads (Cascadura B and C) and establishment of associated pipelines and infrastructure within the block. Construction of the Cascadura surface unit and associated infrastructure needed to bring on production from two existing Cascadura wells will begin immediately following required notifications and conditions set out in the approval.
The National Gas Co. of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. has started field activity to begin construction of the 1.7 km, 20-in. pipeline.
Touchstone is operator of the license with 80% working interest. Heritage Petroleum Co. Ltd. holds the remaining 20%.
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Alex Procyk
Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).