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Iran begins to tap new
reservoir at Abouzar
IRAN IRAN’S Offshore Oil Co. (IOOC) this week around 4.3bn barrels of oil in place (OIP), 20%
announced that it had begun producing oil from of which is deemed to be recoverable. Produc-
the Asmari reservoir of the offshore Abouzar oil- tion is currently running at around 200,000 bpd,
field around 76 km south-west of Kharg Island. which is piped via an 82-km, 24-inch (610-mm)
In an official statement, IOOC’s head of pipeline operated by the National Iranian Oil Co.
petroleum engineering, Javad Rostami, said: (NIOC).
“With the plans made in the past few months Rostami added that to date, the development
for additional development of the reservoir and of Abouzar has focused on the Ghar (4.03bn bar-
the possibility of producing oil from the upper rels of OIP and 1.73bn barrels of reserves), Ber-
Asmari layer of Abouzar field, and after its com- gen (118mn barrels of OIP and 31mn barrels of
pletion and commissioning, oil production from reserves) and Dammam (138mn barrels of OIP
this reservoir was realised for the first time in the and 18.4mn barrels of reserves) layers.
history of Abouzar’s development.”
He said that having evaluated previous stud-
ies and appraised the production results of the
new well, IOOC has launched plans to drill more
wells for the further development of the Asmari
layer. He estimated that by drilling five to eight
wells, production of 6,000-10,000 barrels per day
(bpd) of oil from the reservoir would be possible.
The field was discovered by Agip in 1961
following the drilling of the first well on the
Ardeshir structure two years earlier.
According to Tehran Times, 107 wells have
been drilled in the field, with 90 of these remain-
ing in operation, while the remainder have been
idled owing to technical problems or age.
Abouzar is estimated to contain a total of
UK Oil & Gas receives
rig at Turkish well site
TURKEY AIM-TRADED UK Oil & Gas announced on rig-acceptance stage was expected to continue
June 21 that the Oceanmec Karahan ZJ40DZ rig throughout the coming week. A drilling start is
has been mobilised to the Basur-3 appraisal well expected to follow shortly after that.
site from western Turkey. Turkey, a major importer of oil and gas, is
The move followed the completion of the attempting to build up what’s so far only a very
Basur-3 appraisal well’s drilling pad and the modest oil extraction industry in the country.
finalisation of the rig contract, it said. Basur-3, in Resan, southeastern Turkey,
“This welcome news is yet further confirma- would be the first modern well designed to prop-
tion that the pace of operations is far more rapid erly appraise and assess the extent and commer-
in Turkey than the UK, taking only three months cial viability of the discovered Basur-Resan oil
from the start of site construction to the arrival of pool. In announcements in October and January,
the drilling rig,” said UK Oil & Gas CEO Stephen UKOG said Basur-1 produced 500 barrels of oil
Sanderson. “We look forward to rig acceptance from a short six-hour test.
and to drilling the first well in our planned Turk- UKOG Turkey holds a 50% interest in
ish campaign.” Basur-3 and the surrounding 305-square kilo-
The company added that the rig-up and metre Resan M47-b1,b2 licence.
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