CAMAC Energy has temporarily halted drilling on the Energy Searcher drillship, which is drilling the horizontal portion of the Oyo-8 well in the Oyo field, offshore Nigeria.
This was due to leaks in some control system hoses of the well's blow out preventer. Replacement hoses have been ordered and are en route to the drilling site.
The Oyo field is in 200-500m water depth, about 75km offshore Nigeria in Oil Mining Leases 120 and 121. The field started production in 2009, from the Armada Perdana FPSO, which has a capacity of 40,000bbl/d, with gas treatment and re-injection facilities.
CAMAC said Friday (September 12) that it expects to resume drilling operations within two weeks, while the current offshore installation work, part of and expansion project on the field, continues.
As a result of the leaks in the hoses, CAMAC Energy expects the production from the Oyo-8 well in December of 2014, while the Oyo-7 well will now come on production in January 2015.
Offshore installation on the expansion project using the Normand Pacific installation vessel started 9 September and consists of the recovery and relocation of umbilicals and flexible flowlines.
This offshore installation work will be completed by the first week of October to allow the recently drilled Oyo-7 and Oyo-8 wells to be tied back to the floating production, storage, and offloading vessel Armada Perdana.
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