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Furie plans Kitchen Lights well work
Getting ready for well workover and completion projects on the Julius R. platform; considering drilling exploration well this summer
Alan Bailey Petroleum News
Furie Operating Alaska is planning a workover of the Kitchen Lights unit No. 3 well and the completion of the Kitchen Lights unit No. A-1 well in its Kitchen Lights gas field in the coming couple of months or so, Bruce Webb, Furie senior vice president, told Petroleum News in a March 19 email.
The work on the KLU No. 3 well will involve putting more perforations into the Beluga formation, to increase gas production, Webb said. Furie anticipates having all of the equipment needed for this operation on the Julius R. platform, offshore in Cook Inlet, by March 25. The work should take about 10 days to complete.
The completion of the KLU No. A-1 well will require the installation of the Moncla Offshore Operations LLC workover rig No. 301 on the platform. Webb said that Furie previously used the rig, operated by Moncla, for well work in 2016. Furie anticipates mobilizing the rig to the platform as soon as sea ice conditions in Cook Inlet permit. The well completion operation should take 40 to 45 days, with gas production from the well starting by mid-June, Webb said.
Exploration well Furie is still evaluating plans for the drilling of the KLU No. 6 exploration well into a deep Jurassic target, Webb said That project would require use of the Randolph Yost jack up drilling rig, which has been moored at Nikiski on the Kenai Peninsula since Furie last used it in 2016. The well is planned for the southwest block of the Kitchen Lights unit.
The Kitchen Lights unit is currently producing gas from two wells: the initial KLU No. 3 discovery well, drilled in late 2015, and the KLU No. A-2A well, drilled in 2016. In 2016 Furie also drilled the KLU No. A-1 well into productive zones but did not have time to complete the well before the end of the drilling season. The well is required under the terms of a gas supply agreement with Enstar Natural Gas Co.
Furie did not drill in 2017 - the company said that the failure by the state to pay tax credits owed to the company, coupled with financial uncertainty associated with state budget negotiations, had compromised the funding for the drilling.
- ALAN BAILEY
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