{"id":6982,"date":"2018-05-03T07:29:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T07:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=6982"},"modified":"2018-05-03T07:29:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T07:29:59","slug":"wellbore-workover-offers-best-chance-improved-production-kiliwani-north-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wellbore-workover-offers-best-chance-improved-production-kiliwani-north-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellbore Workover Offers Best Chance For Improved Production at Kiliwani North-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiliwani North operator Aminex has said a workover of the wellbore offers more immediate gains in terms of both production potential and reserves recovery as compared to the earlier preferred surface compression facilities which remains an option.<\/p>\n

This follows a detailed simulation study on the Kiliwani North field based on a history match of past reservoir performance undertaken since the end of December which showed believes that an opportunity may exist to access unperforated reservoirs capable of recovering additional gas volumes.<\/p>\n

Aminex has already identified equipment has already been identified in country and pending further work on plant specifications and appropriate government approvals, and intends to re-enter the well and perforate the untapped gas zone.<\/p>\n

“It is encouraging that the technical work recently completed shows that further gas production and reserves can be accessed through a recompletion of the existing well and we look forward to confirmation of the operators plans as they firm up,” Neil Ritson, Solo’s Chairman, commented.<\/p>\n

Due to inlet pressure limitations and the presence of fluid build-up within the wellbore, the well has been produced infrequently in order to maintain basic plant operations.<\/p>\n

In November<\/a> Aminex\u00a0reported that production from the\u00a0Kiliwani North-1\u00a0well (KN-1) was fluctuating below 1 million standard cubic feet per day due to low reservoir pressure and inlet pressure restrictions of the gas processing plant necessitating some intevention.<\/p>\n

The Kiliwani North-1 well had averaged approximately 15 MMcfd during the first six months of 2017, a drop from\u00a0July 2016<\/a>\u00a0when the company reported that gas production from the Kiliwani North-1 well in Tanzania reached 30 mmcf per day (approximately 5,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day) with stable pressure recordings at that rate.<\/p>\n

Aminex has 54.575% of the Kiliwani North Development Licence through its 100% owned subsidiary Ndovu Resources Limited alongside RAK Gas LLC 23.75%, Bounty Oil & Gas NL 9.5%, Solo Oil 7.55% and TPDC 5%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kiliwani North operator Aminex has said a workover of the wellbore offers more immediate gains in terms of both production potential and reserves recovery as compared to the earlier preferred … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[137,3917,2856,1322,2878,2119,2342,2466,2543],"class_list":["post-6982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-aminex","tag-bounty-oil-gas","tag-kiliwani-north-1-well","tag-kiliwani-north-development-licence","tag-ndovu-resources-limited","tag-rak-gas","tag-solo-oil","tag-tanzania","tag-tpdc","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/kiliwani-north-well.png?fit=525%2C519&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1OC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4551,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/gas-production-commences-at-tanzanias-kiliwani-north-gas-field\/","url_meta":{"origin":6982,"position":0},"title":"Gas Production Commences at Tanzania’s Kiliwani North Gas Field","author":"","date":"April 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Operator at the the Kiliwani North Development Licence\u00a0 Aminex has announced gas production from its\u00a0Kiliwani North gas field\u2019s Kiliwani North-1 well ('KN-1') \u00a0in Tanzania has commenced on schedule as had earlier been announced. 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