Dragon Oil (LON:DGO) expects growth in production this year to be at the low end of 10-15%, in line with its previous guidance.
Average production from the Cheleken field, in the Caspian Sea offshore Turkmenistan, during the first six months of 2013 was 73,600 barrels of oil per day (bopd), a 14% increase on the 64,200 bopd in the comparable period in 2012.
June’s average production was 75,800 bopd (June 2012: 61,600 bopd).
Dragon Oil added it had completed four wells, including one sidetrack, and performed work-overs on three existing wells since April.
The Dzheitune (Lam) 28/182 well was drilled and completed to a depth of 1,986 metres and tested for initial production at 1,876 barrels of oil per day.
The Dzheitune (Lam) 28/151A sidetrack was completed as a single producer to a depth of 2,000 metres and tested for initial production at a rate of 869 bopd.
The rig that drilled those two wells will move to the Dzheitune (Lam) 22 platform where it will drill two additional wells before the end of the year.
Elsewhere, Dzheitune (Lam) 21/180 encountered a high gas pressure zone and was temporarily suspended, while Dzheitune (Lam) 21/181 was drilled to a depth of 3,475 metres and completed as a dual producer in June. It is currently being optimised and is producing at a rate of 960 bopd from both strings.
The jack-up rig that drilled those wells has been mobilised to drill three slots on the Dzheitune (Lam) C platform and is currently drilling the Dzheitune (Lam) C/183 well.
The 2013 workover programme continued with the hydraulic workover unit on the Dzheitune (Lam) 4/4 and 4/8 wells with recompletions in new horizons and added perforations in the Dzhygalybeg (Zhdanov) 60/68 well. The total incremental production from these activities was 450 bopd.