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    1. Drilling & Completion

    Premier secures drillship for offshore Brazil well

    Jan. 7, 2020
    Premier Oil has contracted the drillship Valaris DS-9 to drill the Berimbau/Maraca stacked prospects on block 717 in the Ceara basin offshore Brazil.
    (Courtesy Valaris)
    The drillship Valaris DS-9 will drill the Berimbau/Maraca stacked prospects on block 717 in the Ceara basin offshore Brazil.
    The drillship Valaris DS-9 will drill the Berimbau/Maraca stacked prospects on block 717 in the Ceara basin offshore Brazil.

    Offshore staff

    LONDON – Premier Oil has contracted the drillship Valaris DS-9 to drill the Berimbau/Maraca stacked prospects on block 717 in the Ceara basin offshore Brazil.

    The well, due to spud in 3Q, will target a potential 300-MMbbl resource (Premier operator, 50%).

    (Map courtesy Premier Oil)
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    Offshore Mexico, the company expects to receive final processed 3D seismic data over block 30 in 2Q. Fasttrack data already received has confirmed the prospectivity of the amplitude-supported Wahoo structure which the company aims to drill in the first half of 2021.

    (Map courtesy Premier Oil)
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    In Vietnam, the company is seeking regulatory approval for a two-well infill drilling program on the Chim Sao field in the Natuna Sea.

    Off Indonesia, Premier is maturing prospects identified from 3D seismic over Andaman 1 and South Andaman blocks. Here it plans to drill two wells starting in 2Q 2021.

    Elsewhere in Indonesia, the company has signed a Heads of Terms with an unnamed investor to farm into the Tuna PSC.

    Premier would be fully carried for its share of a two-well appraisal campaign: the Tuna discoveries contain an estimated 100 MMboe.

    01/07/2020