Perenco has accomplished an enhanced oil restoration challenge on the Tchibouela East area offshore the Republic of the Congo.
The five-well infill drilling marketing campaign had “a sustained materials uplift in manufacturing, offering a further 6,000 barrels of oil per day”, Perenco stated in a press launch.
Perenco Congo managing director Gregoire de Courcelles stated, “Tchibouela East has been in manufacturing for nearly 30 years and we’re happy to assist be certain that the sector can produce for a lot of extra years to come back”.
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The corporate stated, “The drilling marketing campaign entailed superior offshore drilling methods, together with horizontal and u-shaped wells, which resulted in greater oil restoration, whereas decreasing operational dangers”.
“Following the constructive outcomes from the Tchibouela East marketing campaign, Perenco Congo has now began a brand new five-well drilling marketing campaign on the Masseko area, designed to extend manufacturing from the sector in addition to testing a brand new geological horizon”, Perenco added.
Earlier this 12 months Perenco accomplished the development of a brand new platform to serve the nation’s Kombi-Likalala-Libondo 2 area.
It expects the brand new Kombi 2 platform to get well about seven million cubic ft of gasoline per day. The platform is designed to develop a further 10 million barrels of reserves by optimizing present wells.
“Designed as a new-generation infrastructure, Kombi 2 performs a central function within the area’s future efficiency, because of improved water and effluent therapy, elevated related gasoline restoration, and eight MW of electrical energy generated by its two gasoline generators, thereby guaranteeing larger vitality autonomy for operations”, Perenco stated in a press launch February 9.
“Kombi 2 is a forward-looking platform. It would host a six-well drilling marketing campaign beginning in 2026, with the intention of accelerating manufacturing, optimizing the sector’s restoration issue, and increasing its life in a sustainable method because of amenities tailored to present requirements.
“Connection work is presently underway, with commissioning scheduled for early March 2026”.
Elsewhere in Central Africa Perenco late final 12 months elevated its oil manufacturing capability in Chad to over 18,000 barrels per day (bpd), coming from the Badila and Mangara fields.
The completion of a 12-well drilling marketing campaign in Badila has grown capability by 7,000 bpd, Perenco stated December 1, 2025, noting the corporate exceeded its aim of 16,000 bpd when the fields restarted manufacturing three years in the past.
“The GWDC rig has now moved to PCM’s Krim growth within the Doba Basin in southern Chad the place it is going to conduct a further eight-well drilling marketing campaign”, Perenco stated, referring to its subsidiary PetroChad Mangara (PCM).
“Utilizing the related gasoline from its manufacturing, PetroChad now offers a sustainable vitality resolution to the residents of Moundou, the nation’s second-largest financial metropolis with a inhabitants of round 100,000”, Perenco stated.
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