Houston's W&T Offshore latest Gulf of Mexico Mahogany field well has been brought on production and is ramping up to full production, the operator says, as it gears up for more drilling on the field.
The Mahogany field is in US Gulf of Mexico block Ship Shoal 349. The latest well, deep shelf subsalt well A-18, was successfully brought on production on 17 January and has so far achieved a production rate of 3275 b/d and 5.6 MMcf/d gas, or 4200 boe/d in tota. W&T expects this to increase to more than 5000 boe/d.
Well A-18 was drilled to a total vertical depth of approximately 20,000ft in 372ft water depth.
Tracy Krohn, W&T Offshore chairman and CEO, said W&T will drill three additional wells on Mahogany in 2017, with multiple 'P' Sand, 'T' Sand and 'Q' Sand targets and the thick stacked pay sands lined up for "years to come."
Tom Murphy, W&T Offshore COO, stated: "The A-18 well has exceeded our pre-drill production rate expectations. Initial indications are that the A-18 well is located in the same large reservoir as the original 'T' sand discovery well, the A-14. This provides excellent encouragement for our expansion plans in this reservoir including exploitation of the newly discovered 'U' sand."
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