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UPSTREAM pipelines and mobilise a rig for the G1 comple- necessary for the efficient and economic devel-
tion and drill our second well, the G2 well, on opment of the Taggart discovery which has
Byron Energy completes SM58, into the Lower O Sand. Anyone who has reserves totaling approximately 27mn barrels
worked in the oil industry will tell you that this of oil equivalent. We believe this partnership is
installation of SM58 G is quite an accomplishment and did not hap- a perfect match due to both companies’ experi-
pen by accident. This is the result of hard work, ence developing deepwater assets and commit-
Platform good planning, and dedicated professionals ment to operating with excellence, integrity, and
in our office and in the construction yard. Our afety. LLOG is looking forward to beginning the
Byron Energy has announced that the Triton cycle time to first production should be inside successful execution of this deepwater Gulf of
Hedron derrick barge has de-mobilised off 12 months since we logged over 300 feet [91 Mexico development project.”
location after successfully installing the jacket metres] of hydrocarbon in the SM58 G1 well. I LLOG and its affiliates own 100% of the Tag-
over the SM58 G1 well drilled in October 2019, am extremely pleased with this effort and proud gart development. Initial development plans at
then driving piles and finally installing the top- to be a part of the Byron team.” Taggart include the completion and tie back of
side facility. Byron’s operators are now living on Byron Energy, July 06 2020 two wells with first production expected in 2022.
the platform and are making final preparations LLOG, July 03 2020
to accept the drilling rig which is scheduled to LLOG sanctions Taggart
arrive in two weeks.
By salvaging and refurbishing a high-qual- discovery and finalising of SERVICES
ity structure already in good condition, the
Company has realised a saving in the range of plans for development via Tallgrass Energy announces
$8-10mn and has expedited cycle time to first
production by nine to 12 months compared to the Devils Tower Spar exclusive partnership in oil
a new build facility.
The next phase of the SM58 project is to lay LLOG Exploration Offshore has announced and gas space with ECOVAP
the oil and gas sales pipelines needed to trans- the sanctioning of its Taggart discovery and the
port produced hydrocarbons to market. The signing of a production handling agreement for Tallgrass Energy, through its Tallgrass Water
pipeline lay barge was mobilised on Friday, July development via tieback to the Williams-owned division, today announced it has entered into a
3, and arrived on location Saturday, July 4. Ini- Devils Tower Spar in Mississippi Canyon 773. multi-year agreement with ECOVAP, a leader
tial operations comprise the installation of the The Taggart discovery is located on Missis- in wastewater elimination that gives Tallgrass
4-inch (101.6-mm) diameter 1,000-foot (305- sippi Canyon lock 816 in approximately 5,650 Water exclusive rights within the oil and gas
metre) oil sales line. Once the oil line portion of feet (1,722 metres) of water. The Mississippi industry to use the company’s patented and
the project is complete, the barge will begin lay- Canyon 816 #1 discovery well was drilled in patent-pending wastewater management tech-
ing the 8-inch (203.2-mm) diameter 39,000-foot 2013 to a depth of 11,562 feet (3,524 metres) nology. The proprietary technology evaporates
(12-km) gas sales line. Pipeline laying and tie-in and encountered 97 feet (29.57 metres) of net water exponentially faster than traditional dis-
operations are expected to take approximately 50 pay in two Miocene objectives. Two subsequent posal methods.
days, depending on weather conditions. appraisal wells were drilled in 2015 and 2019 and Under terms of the agreement, Tallgrass will
The Enterprise 264 jack up drilling rig is encountered 147 feet (44.81 metres) and 84 feet own and operate the technology developed and
scheduled to mobilise to the SM58 G platform by (25.6 metres) of net pay, respectively. pioneered by ECOVAP. The biomimicry tech-
July 20 and begin completion operations on the Philip LeJeune, President and CEO of LLOG, nology harnesses the power of Mother Nature to
G1 well. The drilling rig will be used to discon- commented: “LLOG is pleased to announce the significantly improve evaporation by exponen-
nect the G1 from the mudline hanger, tie it back sanctioning of our Taggart discovery, and we tially increasing the wastewater’s ratio of surface
to the platform and then complete the Upper O look forward to the successful development space to air. An independent study by Golder,
Sand for production. The Upper O Sand will be of this deepwater asset. We are proud to have a global consulting, design and construction
perforated and sand control will be placed in finalised an agreement with Williams for the firm specialising in the areas of earth and envi-
the wellbore. The G1 completion operations are recovery and processing of Taggart’s reserves ronment, found that ECOVAP’s technology
expected to take approximately 30 days due to via subsea tieback to their nearby Devils Tower evaporated water at 59 times the natural rate of
the complexity of tying back the casing to sur- Spar. Williams will provide the infrastructure conventional surface evaporation.
face. Additional topside work will be required
after the completion operations to connect the
wellhead into the platform flowlines. Without
significant weather delays, first production from
the G1 is expected by September 1, 2020.
Maynard Smith, Byron’s CEO, commented:
“On June 17 of 2019, the Company announced
that the platform we had purchased for SM58
had been offloaded at the construction yard in
Abbeville, Louisiana. At that point, we had not
even drilled out first SM58 well. Now, one year
later, after drilling and logging a successful well,
that platform has been refurbished and outfit-
ted for both oil and gas processing and is back
in the Gulf of Mexico; we are now ready to lay

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