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joint venture of Italy’s Eni and Libya’s National
Oil Corp. (NOC). Last November, the company
invited companies with experience in offshore
projects to submit prequalification documents
for engineering, procurement, installation and
construction (EPIC) contracts for the project.
bna/IntelliNews, May 9 2022
Decklar Resources

commences shipment of

crude oil to market from
Oza oilfield in Nigeria

Decklar and its co-venturer Millenium Oil &
Gas Co. have commenced loading crude oil into
trucks at the Oza Oil Field from storage tanks
Apex International Energy’s development success,” said Tom Maher, Apex’s for delivery to the UPIL crude handling facilities
President and CEO. “We also have a strong for further transfer to the SPDC Joint Venture
Fajr-8 well in Western inventory of other exploration prospects and Forcados Oil Export Terminal via the Umugini
leads across SEM and the neighboring East Siwa Pipeline.
Desert tests at 2,440 bpd block, awarded in the 2021 EGPC Bid Round The trucks are currently being loaded from
to Apex (50%) and our partner, Eni subsidiary crude oil storage tanks at the Oza site that hold
Apex International Energy announced that the IEOC (50%).” approximately 22,000 barrels of oil. When load-
Fajr-8 development well was tested at a daily Apex holds a 100% working interest in the ing of crude oil from storage to the trucks has
rate of 2,440 barrels of oil and negligible water. SEM exploration concession, encompassing reached approximately 5,000 barrels, production
The well encountered 98 feet (29.87 metres) of 1,713 square km. The company acquired the from the Oza-1 well into the storage tank will be
high-quality oil pay in sandstone of the Bahariya concession interest through the 2016 exploration re-started in order to enable ongoing shipments
Formation. The well was connected to produc- bid round of EGPC and signed the concession by truck to UPIL.
tion facilities and opened for the first production agreement in August 2017. As previously announced, 2022 develop-
on May 8, less than four days from rig release. Apex International, May 9 2022 ment plans for the Oza Field include: finalising
The Fajr-8 well, located in the Western Desert arrangements with local communities and con-
in the company’s South East Meleiha (SEM) con- Energy firms eye two tractors to start construction of the access road
cession is operated by Farah Petroleum Com- and associated infrastructure for a new oil well
pany (PetroFarah), the joint venture operating Libyan drilling contracts drilling pad; drilling the first new development
company of Apex and the Egyptian General well; re-entry, re-completion, and flow testing of
Petroleum Corp. (EGPC) established in April in $3bn Mellitah project the other two existing wells (Oza-2 and Oza-4),
2021. PetroFarah recently celebrated its first year including tie-in to existing production facilities;
of safe and efficient operations with no injuries to Energy firms are currently preparing their pre- installation of a Central Production Facility and
people or harm to the environment. qualification documents to apply for two Libyan infrastructure tie-ins for new well locations to
Fajr-8 will be the fifth producing well in drilling contracts in the Mellitah offshore com- replace the current Early Production Facility;
Fajr Field since the commercial discovery was plex expansion project before the May 30 dead- and drilling of up to two additional development
approved for development by the Minister of line, according to business portal MEED. wells.
Petroleum and Mineral Resources in March The project scope includes offshore struc- Development plans for the Oza Field beyond
2021. Together with the producing Farah (three tures and the expansion of an onshore gas pro- 2022 also include up to five additional develop-
wells) and Mashreq (one well) fields in SEM, also cessing facility. It also includes laying carbon ment wells.
approved for development in 2021, total SEM oil steel sealines, installing subsea production sys- Duncan Blount, CEO of Decklar Resources,
production is expected to increase from 4,300 tems and installing topside control systems. said: “We are very pleased to announce the start
bpd currently to over 6,000 bpd from 9 total One of the contracts covers the drilling of of crude oil loading operations at the Oza Field,
wells this week. All the wells produce from inter- eight wells in Block NC41’s Structure A region which will soon lead to the Company’s first deliv-
vals less than 5,000 feet (1,520 metres) in depth. and includes the provision of a jack-up drill- ery of oil to market. This brings the Company
“PetroFarah’s rapid development of the three ing rig inside waters. The region facilities are to the brink of the significant milestone of com-
new field discoveries made by Apex in 2021 is a expected to handle a peak production of 160mn mencing full time commercial production and
testament to the strong relationship and sense of cubic feet (4.53mn cubic metres) per day of gas. the transformation of Decklar into a producing
urgency we share with EGPC to increase Apex’s The second contract is for 23 wells in the same and cash flowing company. We look forward
and Egypt’s oil production,” said Apex’s founder block but in Structure E region, providing for a with anticipation to starting new development
and Chairman, Roger Plank. semi-submersible drilling rig service. The region drilling activities at the Oza Field in the near
“With a second rig being utilised at SEM facilities are expected to handle a peak produc- future and to continued progress on develop-
later this month and numerous drilling loca- tion of 600 mcf (17 mcm) per day of gas. ment activities at the Company’s other fields.”s
tions identified, we look forward to continued Mellitah Oil & Gas Company (MOG) is a Decklar Resources, May 10 2022

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