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SK innovation announces oil discovery in the South China Sea

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  • SK Innovation(operator) declared oil discovery in the South China Sea.
  • It confirmed production of up to 3,750 bpd from well test, and plans to further assess reserve size to confirm project commerciality.
  • “With this significant achievement born out of 36 years of technical expertise, SK Innovation will focus on the South China Sea to build a platform for future growth.”

SK Innovation announced on 21 February 2018 that it made oil discovery in the PRMB block 17/03 in the South China Sea.

This marks SK Innovation’s first discovery in the area since its decision to push forward with offshore oil exploration projects as an operator in the South China Sea.

Since its signing of block 17/03 PSC in February 2015, SK Innovation has been focusing its technical capabilities on geological and geophysical surveys. In December 2017, it drilled its first exploration well into 2014 m depth and found 34.8 m net oil pay. The oil production of the well was tested up to 3750 bpd.

SK Innovation plans to drill follow-up appraisal wells to assess reserves and commerciality of the project.

SK Innovation currently holds 80% working interest in the block, and 20% is held by CNOOC, the Chinese stated-owned company specializing in offshore oil and gas.

A spokesperson from SK Innovation said, “SK Innovation was the first private company in Korea to step into the upstream oil and gas business, and the company’s focus on technical expertise ever since its beginning in 1983 led to this significant milestone. Once the commerciality of the project in PRMB is secured, SK Innovation will use it as a platform of growth into other areas in the South China Sea.”

SK Innovation first started its oil and gas business in 1983 by acquiring interests in Karimun Block, Indonesia, and has been focused mainly on conventional oil and gas in areas such as Peru, Vietnam and Middle East. In 2014, it acquired two unconventional oil and gas assets in the U.S. which currently produce around 2500 boe/d. SK Innovation’s net reserves amount to 53 million boe with daily production at 55 000 boe from 13 blocks in 9 countries globally. In the South China Sea, SK Innovation holds operatorship (exploration) for two additional PSCs – 04/20 and 17/08.

Read the article online at: https://www.oilfieldtechnology.com/offshore-and-subsea/23022018/sk-innovation-announces-oil-discovery-in-the-south-china-sea/

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