Afren provides development update on Ebok field in Nigeria

Afren plc, an oil and gas production, development and exploration company, has announced an update on the development activities of the Ebok field, located offshore southeast Nigeria.
The Adriatic lX jack up drilling unit is currently drilling at the Ebok field, where production testing has been undertaken on three of the five horizontal production wells as part of the Phase I development. The test results demonstrate reservoir properties with porosity of between 30% to 35% and multi Darcy permeability. The wells flowed 24 degrees API oil, the company said.
The test results undertaken to date have delivered a constrained aggregate rate of 12,500 bopd. Together with the remaining production wells, these results provide confirmation that the Company's production expectation of 15,000 bopd from Phase I should be exceeded.
The Ebok Floating Storage and Offloading vessel (FSO) set sail from the Yulian shipyard in Shenzhen, China, on 2 December 2010 and is currently in transit to the field location. Departure and expected arrival time at the field location will coincide with the Mobile Offshore Production Unit (MOPU), which is expected to arrive in late January 2011.
Installation of the Ebok Phase II wellhead platform, at the West Fault Block location, is currently underway and expected to be completed in the next few weeks, the company added.
Osman Shahenshah, CEO of Afren, commented: "The Ebok well tests undertaken to date provide confirmation of Phase I production expectations of more than 15,000 bopd and have demonstrated excellent reservoir characteristics."
Source: Press release