Rex-subsidiary, Lime Petroleum Holding AS, has completed hooking up the mobile offshore production unit (MOPU) and the floating storage and offloading unit (FSO) on the Seme Field in Benin
The FSO Kristina has been anchored in place as well. A flow-line has been laid from the Stella Energy 1 MOPU to the FSO. Commissioning of the production system is well underway, with oil now flowing into the FSO.
This comes as part of 100-day three-well work-programme to redevelop the Seme Field. The campaign will see the drilling of two horizontal production wells in the H6 formation (previously developed), as well as a deeper vertical appraisal well to gather data from the H7 and H8 reservoirs, to facilitate the potential advancement to Phase 2 of the development.
With all connections now in place, the company will be further conducting testing and commissioning activities to attain production optimisation and start regular production. The production start-up and optimisation in the Seme Field will be backed by additional data on the subsurface alongside the existing 3D seismic that has been reprocessed by the team.
Akrake Petroleum Benin SA holds a 76% interest in the Seme Field in Block 1, Benin, and is the operator. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lime Petroleum Holding AS, an 89.74 per cent subsidiary of Rex.
Lime Petroleum aims production optimisation from Seme field in Benin
The company will be conducting testing and commissioning activities.
