Salamander plans further Bualuang facilities expansion offshore Thailand
Offshore staff
LONDON – Salamander Energy says the converted Suksan Salamander FSO has entered service on the Bualuang field in the B8/38 concession in the Gulf of Thailand.
Use of this vessel, which replaces an FPSO (currently preparing to leave the field), along with new power and processing modules, should bring operating cost savings of up to $25 million/yr, Salamander claims.
The company continues planning and design work for a third platform (Bualuang Charlie) to develop newly identified resources and will submit a program for sanction later this year.
During the first half of this year, 10 development wells were completed from the Bravo platform following the 11 drilled in 2013. As 16 slots were already in use, four more were added to the well bay and three have already been used to increase the number of producing wells.
This year’s intake has been conventional horizontal wells in the T4 and T2 reservoirs in both the main field and the East Terrace. Salamander says production in the East Terrace in particular has benefited with lower water cuts and higher well deliverability.
The company now plans to drill various dual lateral production wells with a view to increase the number of production drain points per slot. The first of these wells has just been completed and is entering production.
Salamander adds that it has identified a new exploration prospect, the Southern Culmination, south of the East Terrace, which it aims to drill during the fall.
09/02/2014
