Offshore staff
BANCHORY, UK – Xcite Energy has completed the final part of the Bentley 9/03b-7 well and 7z lateral well construction program in the UK northern North Sea.
Work included installation of smart completions equipment to enable individual laterals to be flowed, co-mingled or shut-in; twin electrical submersible pumps to provide full redundancy; and a downhole safety valve.
On-rig process and control packages are now fully commissioned and linked to the pipeline and in-field DP shuttle tankerScott Spirit.
Pre-production flow test operations for data gathering purposes have started on the 9/03b-7 (B6) lateral well, which is being cleaned up. The 9/03b-7 lateral well is designed to recover at least 45,000 bbl of oil during the flow test period.
The test is expected to last up to 90 days and will be conducted at different flow rates, the aim being to compile additional reservoir and production data, including data for enhanced oil recovery. These will be used to firm up the longer term oil, gas, and water production profiles and recoverable reserves from theBentley field.
7/11/2012
