Byron Energy Ltd. has begun load out of its South Marsh Island 58 G (SM58 G) platform and jacket, to be stationed offshore Louisiana. Triton Offshore’s Hedron derrick barge will be used for installation.
The nine-slot production platform will be installed over the next 3 weeks with oil and gas pipeline installation following in early July 2020. The platform’s designed production capacity 8,000 b/d of oil and 80 MMcfd of gas
Bryon anticipates arrival of Enterprise Offshore Drilling’s (EOD) 264 rig in second-half July for completion of the SM58 G1 well. The well was mudline suspended so it can be completed and placed in production after the platform is set.
Byron drilled SM58 G1 in early October 2019 encountering true vertical thickness net pay of 301 ft in Upper Oligocene sands. Mud log data indicated total hydrocarbon-bearing interval thickness in the Lower Oligocene section of between 180 and 250 ft. Due to whole conditions, the Lower Oligocene sand interval was not logged and will be the primary target of a future well.
The company holds operator’s rights and 100% working interest in SM58 lease block to 13,639 ft subsea. Below this depth, Byron has a 50% working interest under an agreement with Ankor Energy LLC.