Lola Adewoyin
6 November 2009
Lagos — Oriental Energy Resources and Afren Nigeria have announced its receipt of requisite approvals for the Ebok Phase 1a Field Development Plan ("FDP"), from the Department of Petroleum Resources.
In a drilling update on the Ebok-5 appraisal well, the firm noted that Ebok-5, currently being drilled by the Transocean Adriatic IX jack up drilling unit, has encountered a total gross oil column of 266 ft in the high quality D1 and LD-1E reservoir sands ranging in measured depth from 2,341 ft to 2,523 ft.
The statement noted that an extensive logging and sampling programme is ongoing. Well data analysis and dynamic reservoir simulation modelling confirm that production performance will be achieved at rates consistent with offset data from previous Ebok wells and analogous fields in the areas that produce from the same reservoir intervals, it said.
The Ebok-5 appraisal well is currently drilling below 3,350 ft and will continue to test deeper objectives in the D2 and Qua Iboe sands, it also said.
Chairman, Oriental Energy Resources, Alhaji Mohammed Indimi, said, "we are delighted with the successful results to date, of the Ebok-5 appraisal well.
"The progress made and seamless operational delivery during the appraisal and development planning at Ebok is a testament to the Afren and Oriental partnership's strong technical skills and understanding of Nigerian oil and gas operations.
"We thank Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources for the Field Development Plan approval, representing an important step towards the successful delivery of one of the largest independent oil developments to date in Nigeria.
"We look forward to establishing Ebok as a production hub, continuing to further prove up and develop incremental volumes at the field, whilst also replicating this success at the nearby Okwok field."
On his part, Chairman of Afren, Egbert Imomoh, said, "the successful outcome of the Ebok-5 appraisal well drilling to date confirms our pre-drill expectations.
"The Field Development Plan for Phase 1a has been approved and we continue to make good progress in the execution of our development plan, remaining on track to deliver 15,000 bpd at H1 2010.
"We are also continuing with our plans to drill an appraisal well at the Okwok field, in close proximity to Ebok in the first half of 2010, as we seek to further leverage synergies between the fields with our partners Oriental."
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