Offshore staff
LONDON – The semisubmersible Eirik Raude has started drilling the Zebedee prospect in the offshore North Falkland basin for operator Premier Oil.
According to partner Rockhopper Exploration (AIM: RKH), well 14/15-5 well will test seven stacked fan bodies with varying geological chances of success of 9-52%. Prospective resources could be in the range of 13-178 MMbbl.
Drilling, coring, and logging operations are expected to take around 30 days.
The current planned order for the six-well campaign, commissioned by various partnerships off the Falkland Islands is:
1.) | Zebedee (RKH 24.0%) | North Falkland basin, license PL004b |
2.) | Isobel Deep (RKH 24.0%) | North Falkland basin, license PL004a |
3.) | Humpback (Non RKH well) | South Falkland basin, southern license area |
4.) | Jayne East (RKH 24.0%) | North Falkland basin, license PL004c |
5.) | Chatham (RKH 40.0%) | North Falkland basin, license PL032 |
6.) | Second Noble-operated well | South or East Falkland basin, to be decided |
Each well will likely cost around $50 million, Rockhopper adds. No drillstem tests are planned for the four wells the company will participate in.
03/06/2015
