Neptune kicks off Duva drilling
Europe's privately-owned Neptune Energy has started drilling the four planned production wells at the Duva oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea, the company announced on April 22.
The wells are being drilled by the Deepsea Yantai, a semi-submersible rig operated by Odfjell Drilling. They were pre-drilled and cased off at a depth of 2,500 m, before the final drilling campaign commenced. The campaign is expected to take around 11o days.
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Neptune is developing Duva as a fast-track subsea tieback to the company's Gjoa platform. Three of its wells will flow oil and one gas. The field is due online in the third quarter of 2021 and will produce 25,000 barrels of oil equivalent/day at plateau. Its proven and probable reserves are assessed at 88mn barrels of oil equivalent, of which about 66mn boe is gas.
"This is the final phase of the Duva development project, and we are currently working to accelerate the start-up date," Neptune's energy director of projects and engineering in Norway, Erik Oppedal, said. "An efficient drilling campaign forms an integral part of achieving this. Duva will both increase production and extend the operational life of our operated Gjoa platform."
Neptune operates Duva with a 30% interest, while Japan's Idemitsu Petroleum and Poland's PGNiG each have 30%, and Norway's Sval Energi has 10%.