Union Jack Oil plc, a UK and USA-focused onshore hydrocarbon exploration and manufacturing firm, has restarted manufacturing on the Keddington oilfield. The corporate stated in a media launch manufacturing resumed following main web site upgrades in 2024 and 2025.
In June 2025, Keddington produced a complete of 992 barrels of oil over 23 days, with a mean of 10.4 hours of pumping per day and a gross movement charge of 43 barrels day by day, the corporate stated. The newly put in tools and amenities are functioning properly and ongoing changes are being made to optimize manufacturing, it stated. Union Jack holds a 55 % curiosity in Keddington.
“As anticipated, present movement charges from Keddington are exhibiting a cloth improve in oil manufacturing to these seen previous to the location upgrades”, David Bramhill, Government Chairman of Union Jack, stated. “Over 1,450 barrels of high-quality oil have now been produced and offered from Keddington since recommissioning, contributing significant further revenues, complementing our established money movement from Wressle within the UK and our progress tasks within the USA at Moccasin, the Andrews Subject, and our Mineral Royalty portfolio”.
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The Keddington oilfield is positioned alongside the extremely potential East Barkwith Ridge, an east-west structural excessive on the southern margin of the Humber Basin, in accordance with Union Jack.
In 2024, a big improve of the location’s manufacturing amenities and bund space was initiated and accomplished in Could. A technical evaluation by the Operator confirmed that an undrained oil useful resource exists on the japanese facet of the Keddington discipline. Planning approval for added drilling is already secured, providing a chance to spice up manufacturing by a growth sidetrack from an present properly, the corporate stated.
To help goal affirmation and properly design, re-processing of legacy 3D seismic information has been finalized, Union Jack stated.
Operator fashions recommend that infill drilling might improve recoveries by 113,000 to 183,000 barrels of oil, relying on the permeability mannequin and infill goal mixture. A goal for a step-out properly has been recognized, and plans are in place to drill when macroeconomic circumstances are favorable, with planning consent already granted, the corporate stated.
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