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Maersk Oil has reached 100 wellmilestone at the Dunga Field
Maersk Oil has drilled 100 out of the 198 wells planned within the Dunga Phase II Development Project. Once completed and started up, each 1,700 m deep well is expected to produce between 25 to 50 tonnes of oil per day.
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The Dunga Phase II Project, implemented by Maersk Oil together with its partners Oman Oil Company Limited and Partex Corporation, will increase production at the field from around 1,000 tonnes up to 4,000 tonnes of oil per day, or more than 1 million tonnes per annum by 2016, through further development of the field, upgrades and expansion of the facilities and infrastructure.
In addition to drilling nearly 200 new wells, the plan includes the building of 135 km of roads, laying 180 km of pipelines and 150 km of overhead lines, a new 15 MW power generation plant, construction of new gathering, processing and storing facilities and has a combined project cost of USD 1 billion.
The drilling campaign for the Dunga Phase II Project commenced in 2012 and has been optimised over the course of the project execution. The first nine wells drilled took an average of 21 days to complete each, and the remaining 91 wells were completed in an average of 14 days each. This has been achieved through applying lessons learned in drilling and completion practices and optimising rig moves.
The drilling operations for Phase II are performed by a local contractor Astra Star. Maersk Oil has assisted Astra Star in reaching the quality and standards required by Maersk Oil. Astra Star employs a total of around 400 people with more than 270 engaged at Maersk Oil’s Dunga field.
Karsten Jensen, Managing Director, Maersk Oil Kazakhstan commented: “We have reached yet another important milestone on the Dunga Phase II today and are especially pleased that we’ve been able to achieve this in collaboration with a local partner – our drilling contractor. Although there is still much to be done we will ensure we deliver the entire project on schedule in safe and efficient manner. Timely and efficient project delivery and overall success of the Dunga operations will bring additonal benefits not only to Maersk Oil and its Dunga partners but to the entire region.
Maersk Oil is an international oil and gas company registered in Denmark with operated production of about 557,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day offshore Denmark, UK and Qatar, Kazakhstan, Brazil and Algeria.
In 2002, Maersk Oil acquired a 60% interest and operatorship of the Dunga Block in Kazakhstan with Partex Corporation (20%) and Oman Oil Company Limited (20%).
In 2012 the Dunga project moved to Phase II. Maersk Oil and its partners are planning to drill 198 vertical wells over a three-year period to 2015 and undertake a major facilities upgrade.
Maersk Oil exploration activities are also ongoing in Angola, Norway, the US Gulf of Mexico, Greenland, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and in the producing countries.
Turning marginal and challenging fields into commercial successes has been the cornerstone of Maersk Oil’s business since 1962. Maersk Oil focuses on pioneering technologies and harnessing talent to continue to operate safely and successfully, creating value for Partners and host governments. Maersk Oil is a fully-owned subsidiary of the global conglomerate, the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group.
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