The French company TotalEnergies gave great news this morning, announcing the start of drilling activities for the three natural gas producing wells of the Fénix projectthe new offshore development located off the coast of Tierra del Fuego that the firm is carrying out together with Pan American Energy (PAE) and Wintershall DEA.
The firm explained that the work is carried out fromThe Noble Regina Allen platform, which is installed 60 kilometers off the coast of Tierra del Fuego and that the perforation of the The first of the three horizontal producing wells began on May 24.
This stage is the last that the multimillion-dollar project will have before putting it into production and as detailed, it is estimated that The drilling and completion activities of the wells will last about seven months, in line with the planned work schedule.
The jackup rig, the technical name it receives the Noble Regina Allen drilling rig, arrived to the country by successfully concluding a transoceanic transfer of more than 14,000 kilometers from the North Sea in just 35 days, aboard a heavy cargo ship. Upon arrival, he was unloaded in the project operation area.
The equipment chosen for drilling is industry leading and is specially prepared to operate in complex weather conditions. It has a wide cover of 8,570 square meters, a load capacity of 3,500 tons and a drilling depth of 35,000 feet, which ensures autonomy under the challenging climatic conditions of the South Atlantic.
The assembly action of the Noble Regina Allen was executed through a special system that positioned the unit above the Fénix production structure, which was installed in February.
The team in charge of the drilling activity of the three horizontal wells is made up of 120 people. The team in charge of operations is integrated into a 50% by professionals of Argentine origin and belonging to various companies specialized in drilling and completing wells.
with an iWith an investment of 700 million dollars, Fénix is the main conventional gas project ongoing in the country, and is projected to generate 10 million cubic meters of natural gas per day, which would imply increasing the country’s total production by 8%.
All of the project’s offshore activities are carried out simultaneously with the production operations already underway that Total Austral, the Argentine subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has been carrying out for decades in the Austral Marine Basin, the southernmost offshore field in the world.
