RE: And on a happier note.....10 Jan 2025 21:53
As previously reported, the Heron-1 well was brought onstream on 24 October and it continues to produce oil to surface under natural flow without the need for pumping. The well is producing with higher amounts of associated gas and at higher pressures than are generally observed in the basin giving the well high initial flow potential. Rate tests have achieved flow rates similar to, and in some tests, higher than the maximum 821 barrels of oil per day (bopd) rate recorded during the well testing operations in 2019. Given the high pressures observed at surface, the flow rate is being monitored carefully to ensure that casing and production tubing pressures remain within safety tolerances and production is currently choked back to a range between 200 and 300 bpd. Whilst this is in line with our pre-production aspiration for an initial stabilised rate, the indications of sustained potential for the well to produce at higher rates are under review, to see if modifications at surface can be made to increase the stabilised flow rate. It appears to me they drilled in the wrong spot for Heron 2.