Dragon lifts Turkmen production

Dragon Oil has completed its sixth development well this year in the Cheleken Contract Area of the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.

Offshore staff

ASHGABAD, Turkmenistan --Dragon Oil has completed its sixth development well this year in the Cheleken Contract Area of the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea.

The Dzheitune A/122 well, drilled by the jackupIran Khazar from the Dzheitune (Lam) 22 production platform, had an initial flow rate of 3,563 b/d of oil. This pushed overall production from the Lam complex to a new high of 39,637 b/d.

TheIran Khazar has since skidded to slot five on the platform to drill another development well, A/123, to a target depth of 4,100 m (13,451 ft). Another rig, the CIS-1, has also been mobilized to the Dzheitune 22 platform, where it has started drilling the first of another series of development wells. Well 22/124 will have a target depth of 3,800 m (12,467 ft).

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