Gulf Drilling LLC wins 6-well drilling contract from Maha Energy

MUSCAT: Swedish vitality agency Maha Power AB has introduced the signing of an settlement with Gulf Drilling LLC, an entirely owned subsidiary of MB Petroleum Companies Worldwide, primarily based in Muscat, for the drilling of a minimal of six wells, on Block 70, onshore Oman. The drilling rig, Gulf Drilling 109, is a 1,000 hp rig at present positioned within the Wilayat of Adam within the Sultanate of Oman. The rig will now be ready for the marketing campaign and anticipated mobilisation is in October 2022. The drilling programme will include a minimal of six wells on the Mafraq construction. Rapid plans for the Mafraq oilfield embrace acquiring essential reservoir data to help in growing a full Discipline Improvement Plan. Data that will likely be acquired from two appraisal wells consists of, however will not be restricted to, the Oil Water Contact (OWC), petrophysical and structural properties, and the identification of doable water disposal zones. 4 horizontal pilot manufacturing take a look at wells may even be drilled on the construction to establish oil productiveness. These 4 wells will likely be accomplished with state-of-the-art PCP pumps from Canada after which positioned on an prolonged move take a look at. Maha was profitable in securing Block 70, which comprises the Mafraq heavy oil discovery, in a 2019-2020 bid spherical. The Mafraq construction is a delineated heavy oil area that was extensively examined by Petroleum Improvement Oman (PDO) in 1988 and 1991. The sector examined 15,700 barrels of 13° API oil over a interval of 24 days utilizing a Progressive Cavity Pump (PCP) from a single nicely. In response to the impartial reserve auditor, Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd of Calgary, Canada, the Mafraq area could maintain roughly 35 million barrels of recoverable oil. The oil flows freely within the reservoir at 51° C and is anticipated to chilly move to floor in industrial portions.