FPSO BW Adolo Arrives In Gabonese Waters

The FPSO BW Adolo from BW Offshore Has Arrived Off the Coast of Gabon and Is Preparing for Installation and Production at the Tortue Field in the Coming Months

The Tortue field is one of four proven discoveries in the Ruche area, within the Dussafu License, in the waters off Gabon. It is operated by BW Energy Gabon (BWEG), which holds a 91.667 percent stake, while Panoro holds an 8.333 percent stake as a partner. BW Energy is a subsidiary of BW Offshore.

Panoro said in its second-quarter financial report on Tuesday that the FPSO has arrived in Gabon and that production at the Tortue field will commence in the coming months.

The Adolo FPSO had previously worked at the Azurite field but was later selected by BW for the development of Tortue. The FPSO unit was prepared for deployment at Tortue by a Keppel shipyard in Singapore and was officially named FPSO BW Adolo in early April. The FPSO began its journey from Singapore to Gabon in July.

It is worth noting that BW completed the drilling of the DTM-3H oil production well in June.

The well was drilled and completed as a horizontal production well in the Gamba reservoir and encountered a long horizontal section of oil-saturated Gamba sandstone as expected. The well was suspended after the subsea tree was installed and is currently ready for production. The DTM-3H drilling completed the Phase 1 development well drilling program in the field.

Panoro added in the report that first oil from Phase 1 at Tortue was on schedule to be achieved in the second half of 2018, and the operator estimates that initial gross production rates would be in the range of 10,000 to 15,000 barrels of oil per day.

According to the company, planning for Phase 2 of Tortue is underway and will likely consist of new production wells in the Gamba and Dentale D6 reservoirs.

Ruche Field Drilling

The company reported that the DRNEM-1 well in the Northeast Ruche area of Gabon was drilled by the Borr Norve drilling rig after the end of the quarter. According to Panoro, results from the well are expected in September.

The Northeast Ruche target is an undrilled four-way structure in the Gamba reservoir with Dentale potential. The well is located about 3.5 km northeast of the Ruche field, in water depth of 117 m. The objective of the well is to delineate additional resources in preparation for a possible future second production hub in the Ruche area.

The drilling of DRNEM-1 follows the completion of drilling operations on the second production well, the DTM-3H, at the Tortue field.

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