First oil & gas production from Hummer project due in mid-2017

Petsec Energy, a stakeholder in the Castex Energy-operated Hummer project in the Gulf of Mexico, has released a preliminary development schedule for Hummer, with first oil & gas production expected in mid-2017. 

The preliminary development schedule for the Hummer Project, off Louisiana, at Main Pass Blocks 270/273/274 follows the production test of Main Pass Block 270 #3 BP 01, Hummer discovery well, conducted over a 48-hour flow-back period beginning November 16, 2016.

According to Petsec, over the last three hours of the 48 hour test period the well flowed at an average rate of 19.88 MMcfpd (million cubic feet of gas per day) and 396 bcpd (barrels of condensate per day) with an average flowing wellhead pressure of 9,753 psi and no formation water. Production rates rose over the duration of the test with a maximum gas rate of 20.5 MMcfpd.

The company said on Monday that the next stage of development for the project would be the designing, fabrication, and installation of a deck section with production facilities on the existing jacket. In addition, gas and oil flow lines will be laid and connected to existing pipeline transportation systems.

The development schedule estimates that the first production from the Hummer project will begin in mid-2017.

The Main Pass Block 270 # 3 BP 01 well was perforated from 14,100 feet to 14,186 feet measured depth (MD), 14,058 feet to 14,144 feet true vertical depth (TVD) in a sand reservoir. Well logs indicate additional potential reservoirs in the well, which are yet to be tested.

These untested sands will be targets of future drilling on the Hummer project. Significant production occurs for similar reservoirs along trend. Peak production rates from those intervals can exceed 25 MMcfpd and 1000 bcpd.

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. U.S. Henry Hub gas prices have moved above US$3.60/Mcfand US IVTI above US$50/Bbl. We look forward to first commercial gas and oil production from the Hummer Project in mid-2017.”