Africa Oil & Gas: Erin Energy spuds Oyo-NW well offshore Nigeria

  Erin Energy has commenced drilling of the Oyo North West well (Oyo-NW). Oyo-NW is a high-impact exploration well being drilled with the Pacific Bora, a sixth-generation drilling rig, on the Company’s offshore Nigeria Block 120. The well is expected to take approx. 60 days to drill and log.

Read More

Africa Oil & Gas: Erin Energy spuds Oyo-9 well offshore Nigeria

  Erin Energy has commenced drilling of the Oyo-9 well. The well is being drilled with the Pacific Bora sixth-generation drilling rig on the Oyo field offshore Nigeria.   The well is expected to take approx. 62 days to drill and complete. The tie-in of the well to the FPSO for production commencement is expected in the later part of the fourth-quarter 2017. The well is expected to add an additional 6,000 to 7,000 barrels of oil per day to the…

Read More

Africa Oil & Gas: Erin Energy commences 3D seismic acquisition offshore The Gambia

Erin Energy, through its subsidiary Camac Energy Gambia, has commenced the shooting of a 3D seismic survey off the coast of The Gambia. Polarcus has been contracted by the Company to carry out the survey using thePolarcus Alima, an ultra-modern 12 streamer 3D/4D seismic vessel. The survey is expected to take approx. 50 days to complete and will cover approx. 1,500 sq kms on Erin Energy’s A2 and A5 blocks. Kase Lawal, Chairman and CEO…

Read More