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    1. Drilling & Completion

    Joint venture spuds Manora oil development well offshore Thailand

    Sept. 11, 2014
    A joint venture led by Mubadala Petroleum has spudded the first of 15 planned development wells in the Manora oil development in the northern Gulf of Thailand.

    Offshore staff

    HOUSTON–A joint venture led by Mubadala Petroleum has spudded the first of 15 planned development wells in the Manora oil development in the northern Gulf of Thailand.

    The well, MNA-02, along with the MNA-01 well, will be batch drilled by theAtwood Orca jackup drilling unit to TDs of 2,104 m (6,903 ft) and 2,441 m (8,009 ft), respectively, and will be completed using electric submersible pumps prior to production.

    Drilling and completion of both wells is planned to take 24 days. Production is expected to begin shortly after completion, and eventually peak at 15,000 b/d of oil. The joint venture estimates a field life of 11 years.

    The development drilling program, expected to last until the end of 1Q 2015, involves drilling and completion of 10 production wells and 5 injection wells.

    Interest holders are MP G1 Ltd., 60%; Tap Energy Pty. Ltd., 30%; and Northern Gulf Petroleum Pte. Ltd., 10%.

    09/11/2014