Hurricane Energy has announced the successful production of first oil at the Lancaster field, following completion of a 72-hour production test on the Aoka Mizu FPSO.
The combined flow from both wells at the Lancaster early production system (EPS) reached and maintained the planned production rate of 20,000 barrels of oil per day during the test. Hurricane anticipates a gradual ramp-up over the first six months of production, as it heads towards a long-term operating efficiency of 85%. Read more…