Turkey Gas Field
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Turkey ExxonMobil, TPAO
JV Deepwater Black Sea Exploration
ExxonMobil Corp. 11/19/2008
ExxonMobil announced that its affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and
Production Turkey B.V., has signed an agreement with Turkish national
oil company, Turkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklygy (TPAO), to explore in
two large deepwater blocks offshore Turkey, marking ExxonMobil's entry
into Black Sea exploration.
ExxonMobil will become operator during the initial exploration phase
and earn a 50 percent interest in the Samsun Block, which measures
approximately 2 million acres (8,500 square kilometers) and the eastern
portion of 3921 Block, which measures approximately 5 million acres
(21,000 square kilometers). Water depths reach an approximate 6,500
feet (2,000 meters).
TPAO and ExxonMobil intend to collaborate to merge skills and
operational abilities during the development and production phases.
Seismic acquisition and evaluation programs for the two blocks are
currently being operated by TPAO and are scheduled for completion in
2009. Assignment of the interest to ExxonMobil by TPAO is subject to
Turkish government approval.
"ExxonMobil is pleased to team up with TPAO to explore the hydrocarbon
potential of these deepwater Black Sea blocks," said Tim Cejka,
president of ExxonMobil Exploration Company. "We look forward to
bringing our global deepwater experience to this prospective unexplored
area."
Mehmet Uysal, president and CEO of TPAO, said, "Together, TPAO and
ExxonMobil have all the tools required to fully evaluate the potential
of these blocks and safely develop whatever commercial quantities of
oil and gas we discover. We look forward to working together on an
aggressive exploration program to see what we can find."
ExxonMobil affiliates are currently exploring for hydrocarbons in
deepwater locations around the world, including offshore Angola,
Brazil, Canada, Greenland, Ireland, Indonesia, Libya, Madagascar,
Nigeria, The Philippines and the United States.
ExxonMobil affiliates or predecessor companies have been operating in
Turkey for more than 100 years. Today, ExxonMobil's presence in Turkey
includes a lubes blending plant in Istanbul as well as finished
lubricants, aviation fuels and marine fuels sales in important markets
throughout the country.
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Turkey's Thrace basin
gas to flow in 2009
By OGJ editors HOUSTON, Aug. 13
A group led by Incremental Petroleum Ltd., Perth, plans to start gas
production in mid-2009 from the Edirne license in the Thrace basin
northwest of Istanbul.
Turkish authorities granted the group a wholesale license that allows
gas sales to the national grid, and the group awarded contracts for the
design and engineering of a gas processing plant and pipeline.
Uhde Shedden of Australia won the gas plant contract, and Boral of
Turkey will design and route the pipeline. Uhde designed the plant for
Zorlu, formerly Amity, field 70 km from Edirne.
The joint venture of Incremental, operator with 55% interest, Otto
Energy Ltd., Perth, 35%, and Petrako Energy 10%, has made six new field
gas discoveries on the license since 2004.
The joint venture will be Turkey's first to produce and sell onshore
gas into the Botas gas distribution network. It will be able to sell
gas anywhere in the country at the best price it can negotiate. The
current Botas price is about $14.70/Mcf.
Incremental is also involved in an oil and gas exploration project on
30,000 acres in the Tuz Golu basin south of Ankara.
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Turkey: Otto Flows Gas; Kuze Arpaci-1- Edirne,
Otto Energy 6/4/2008
Otto Flows Gas from Second Well - Kuzey Arpaci-1 Edirne, Western Turkey
Joint venture partners Otto Energy and Incremental Petroleum announced
that the Kuzey Arpaci-1 well has tested at excellent flow rates from a
tested section of only 5m in the lower reservoir.
Highlights:
# Kuzey Arpaci-1 flowed dry gas at a rate of 1.15 MMscf/d over the
interval 462.8m to 467.5m at a stabilized rate of 1.15 MMscfg/d through
a 1/2 inch choke.
# Another, shallower reservoir section is also present in this well and
will be available for future production.
# This is the second confirmed commercial flow rate from the Edirne
discovery wells.
Following the shut in period additional perforations will be added and
the well will be flowed again and prepared as a future production
well. The rig will then move to test the Arpaci 1 well, which was
drilled in January 2006, before the 3D seismic was available.
Partners in the Edirne Gas project are Otto Energy with 35% and Joint
Operators Incremental Petroleum (55%) and Petraco Energy (10%). |
Turkey Otto Hits Pay Dirt at Arpaci-2
Otto Energy 5/15/2008
Joint venture partners Otto Energy Limited and Incremental Petroleum
have announced that their fourth well in their current drilling program
has encountered gas in the uppermost primary objective of the well.
The Arpaci-2 well encountered gas while drilling into the uppermost of
the reservoir targets around 169 meters. Due to the high pressures and
substantial mud losses in the wellbore, the well has been plugged back
and will be redrilled with an amended casing and drilling mud program
to accommodate the high gas pressures. While the new well cellar is
being prepared, the rig will now commence an extensive testing program
of earlier gas discoveries before returning to redrill Arpaci-2 in a
few weeks time.
The partners in the Erdine Gas project are Otto Energy with 35%,
Incremental Petroleum with 55%, and Turkish partner and Joint Operator
Petraco with the remaining 10%.
"It is pleasing that we are continuing our string of successful gas
discoveries in Turkey," Otto CEO Alex Parks said. "Due to the Joint
Venture's priority commitment to safety, the decision was made to plug
and cement the current wellbore and to redrill with an amended casing
program to counter the high pressures encountered in this shallow gas
reservoir."
"These small gas fields are relatively close together and can be
developed through a central development hub. We look forward to
commercializing these discoveries as soon as possible."
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Tethys
Petroleum's Exploration Well AKK14 Tests Over 13 MMcf/d
Tethys Petroleum 4/2/2008
Tethys Petroleum Ltd AKK14 two intervals 13.3 MMcfpd highest rate
The AKK14 well was drilled in the central part of the Akkulka Block on
a separate prospect between the AKK13 and AKK04 discoveries and
targeted both the Kyzyloi Sand interval (the productive reservoir in
Tethys' nearby Kyzyloi Field) and the deeper Tasaran Sand interval. To
date the Tasaran has not been deemed to be productive in the area and
most of the older shallow gas wells have not targeted this interval.
However analysis of the seismic data acquired by Tethys last year over
the area and subsequent processing to highlight possible gas bearing
zones, led Tethys to drill the AKK14 well not only to explore this new
Kyzyloi structure but also the Tasaran as a secondary target a this
location.
The well reached a total depth of 2,152 feet having encountered the top
of the Tasaran Sand at 1,985 feet and the Kyzyloi Sand at 1,608 feet.
Evaluation of the wireline log data indicated that gas was present in
both zones and as such two separate production tests were carried out
on the well.
The Tasaran Sand interval flowed gas at a stabilised rate of 7.5 MMcf/d
(212 Mcm/d) with a flowing tubing head pressure (FTHP) of 163 psig
(11.1 atm) on a 76/64ths inch (30 mm) choke. The Kyzyloi Sand interval
flowed gas at a stabilised rate of 5.8 MMcf/d (164 Mcm/d) with an FTHP
of 152 psig (10.4 atm) on a 76/64ths inch choke. Further work will be
required to ascertain the extent of the deposit.
This is the first commercial discovery of gas made in the Tasaran Sand
in the area and opens up a new play over the Company's Akkulka and
Kul-Bas Blocks. The Tasaran is made up of several units of thick (up to
20 feet), blocky, medium grained sandstones and are more conventional
reservoirs than the generally thinner and finer grained overlying
Kyzyloi sandstone unit. In the light of the Tasaran test Tethys is
re-examining existing seismic and in conjunction with revised
petrophysics has outlined several potential untested Tasaran zones in
older wells, as well as new leads, which will form part of the focus
for further exploration for this play within Akkulka and Kul-Bas areas
later in the year.
"This is a exciting discovery - our most successful well to date! Not
only have we continued to discover gas in our primary Kyzyloi target,
we have now opened up gas potential in a whole new reservoir with
considerable upside," Dr David Robson, chairman, president and CEO.
"The decision to acquire more seismic over the Akkulka and Kul-Bas
areas has resulted in a more comprehensive set of data, the results of
which we are now seeing through the drill-bit and this discovery opens
up a new high potential play in our acreage. Recent announcements by
GazProm that they will pay European prices for Central Asian gas means
higher prices in the region in 2009, which should directly benefit us
when our phase two development comes on production in Q4 2008, and with
further development of new discoveries such as the new Tasaran gas
play." |
 Shah Deniz Gas Going to
Turkey
Statoil 7/5/2007
Gas from the Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan is now flowing to Turkey
for the first time.
"This is a milestone for Statoil's international production, sale and
marketing of gas from Azerbaijan," says Jan Heiberg, vice president for
the group's gas operations in Azerbaijan. "It is also a special
day for Statoil as AGSC's operator in that all buyers of Shah Deniz gas
are now taking gas," he says.
BP operates the Shah Deniz field in the Azerbaijani sector of the
Caspian Sea where Statoil has a 25.5% interest. Statoil is responsible
for sale of phase one Shah Deniz gas, as operator for the AGSC.
Azerbaijan and Georgia already
receive gas from the field, while the bulk of Shah Deniz gas is sold to
Turkey.
Volumes are transported through the new South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP).
The gas pipeline is 690 kilometers long and follows the same route as
the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline as far as the border between
Georgia and Turkey. First transport through the SCP began in the autumn
of 2006.
The Turkish company Botas, buyer of the gas in Turkey, takes over
transport responsibility at the Turkish border. A new pipeline has been
constructed as far as the city of Erzurum, linking in with the existing
Turkish gas grid.
Shah Deniz is a large gas and condensate field in an international
perspective. According to the operator, phase one at peak production
will have an output of around 8.6 billion cubic meters of gas annually.
Licensees in the Shah Deniz Exploration, Development and Production
Sharing Agreement (EDPSA) are operator BP with a 25.5% interest,
Statoil (25.5%), the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic,
Socar (10%), LUKoil (10%), Nico (10%), Total (10%) and TPAO with 9%.
The AGSC is owned by operator Statoil with a 20.4% interest, BP
(20.4%), the Ministry of Industry and Energy of the Azerbaijan Republic
(20%), LUKOIL (8%), Nico (8%), Socar (8%), Total (8%) and TPAO (7.2%).
BP is technical operator of the SCP with a 25.5% interest. Other
licensees are Statoil, which is commercial operator with a 25.5%
interest, Azerbaijan SCP Ltd (10%), LUKIOL (10%), Nico (10%), Total
(10%) and TPAO (9%). The Ministry of Industry and Energy of the
Azerbaijan Republic is a non-funding shareholder.
Statoil also has an 8.56% interest in the Azeri Chirag Gunashli (ACG)
oil field in Azerbaijan, in which Chirag was brought on stream early in
1997. In total the field produces nearly 700,000 barrels per day. |
