First gas from the Hummer development offshore Louisiana is expected in mid-2017, says partner Petsec Energy.
The firm, which holds 12.5% interest in Hummer, said a production test on Main Pass Block 270 #3 BP 01 discovery well (initially drilled in 2015) was recently completed and that the results will be used to design, fabricate and install a deck section with production facilities on the already installed four pile, three slot jacket.
The development, in Main Pass Blocks 270/273/274, in 215ft water depth, will also need new gas and oil flowlines, which will be connected to existing oil and gas pipeline export systems.
The production test was run over a 48-hour flow-back period beginning 16 November 2016 by operator Castex Offshore. Over the last three hours of the 48-hour test period the well flowed at an average rate of 19.88 MMcf/d and 396 b/d of condensate through a 16/64th in choke with an average flowing well-head pressure of 9753 psi and no formation water. Production rates continued to rise over the duration of the test with a maximum gas rate of 20.5 Mcf/d recorded.
Petsec’s chairman and managing director, Terry Fern, said: 'The success of the Hummer production test confirmed that the Hummer project is a substantial oil and gas discovery with resource potential significantly exceeding the company’s pre-drill mapped upper target estimates. The Hummer development appears to be well timed as both gas and oil prices are substantially higher than at the beginning of the year. We look forward to first commercial gas and oil production from the Hummer project in mid-2017."
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