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BW Energy brings Tortue Phase 2

project on stream offshore Gabon

GABON BW Energy (Norway) has launched the Tortue that production efficiency was now on track to
Phase 2 development project at the Dussafu increase, owing to the installation of a nitrogen
Marin licence area offshore Gabon. generation unit on the FPSO.
In an update dated October 20, the company Carl K. Arnet, BW Energy’s CEO, described
said it had finished hooking up its final two pro- the launch of the new development project as a
duction wells, DTM-6H and DTM-7H. These success. “The Tortue Phase 2 development was
wells have now begun commercial develop- completed below budget and within the revised
ment operations, it said, noting that DTM-7H timeframe,” he said. “Operationally, we will now
had been brought online the Gamba section of focus on stabilisation of the production and
Tortue on October 19, while DTM-6H is due to wrapping up the project activities.” ™
come on stream at Dentale this week.
BW Energy began drilling both wells last year
but suspended work in light of the coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic. Now that DTM-6H
and DTM-7H have been completed, though, it
has six production wells at Tortue, all of them
connected to the BW Adolo floating produc-
tion, storage and off-loading (FPSO) vessel via
tie-backs.
The two new wells are expected to lift Tortue’s
total production from the previous level of about
11,500 barrels per day (bpd), BW Energy said.
It reported that the field’s output had averaged
9,000 bpd in the third quarter of 2021 and noted
that yields had declined slightly compared to the
second quarter.
The quarter-on-quarter decline was “mainly
due to plant shutdowns and temporary opera-
tional issues,” including a shortage of gas-lift-
ing capacity, the company said. It indicated Tortue is a field within the Dussafu Marin block (Image: BW Energy)

BW Energy to purchase rig for

Kudu project from Aquadrill

NAMIBIA BW Energy (Norway) has secured the semi-sub- company noted.
mersible drilling rig it needs to move ahead with Aquadrill confirmed BW Energy’s
the development of the Kudu natural gas field announcement in a separate statement on Octo-
offshore Namibia. ber 25, saying that the parties had entered into
In a statement dated October 25, BW Energy an agreement on the sale of the rig. It noted that
reported that it had acquired a rig known as the the deal did not cover certain pieces of capital
Leo from UK-based Aquadrill for $14mn. It equipment associated with the Leo, including
said it had done so in line with its revised devel- the travelling block, top drive and blow-out pre-
opment plan, which calls for repurposing a venter (BOP).
semi-submersible rig into a floating production These pieces of equipment will be added to
unit (FPU) and deploying it at Kudu. Aquadrill’s capital spares inventory and may
This plan will help the company optimise eventually be used as replacement parts for the
the timeline and budget for the project, which company’s existing fleet, a move that could save
will include a gas-to-power component, the Aquadrill up to $7mn, the statement noted.

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