Panoro Energy today announced that the DHIBM-5H production well at the Hibiscus Ruche Phase I development offshore Gabon has successfully been drilled, completed and handed over to production operations without incident. The well encountered good quality oil saturated reservoir sands in the regionally prolific Gamba formation and has been put onstream at a rate of approximately 6,000 bopd, in line with expectations.

The well was drilled with the Borr Norve jack-up drilling rig in 116 metres water depth and is the third in a six-well production drilling campaign at the Hibiscus and Ruche fields which is expected to bring total oil production on the Dussafu Marin Permit up to approximately 40,000 bopd on a gross basis when all wells are completed and onstream.

The Borr Norve rig has now commenced drilling operations on the fourth planned production well on the Hibiscus field, DHIBM-6H.
Panoro holds a 17.5 percent working interest in the Dussafu Marin Permit.

John Hamilton, CEO of Panoro, commented:
“The completion of the third Hibiscus well is another significant step forward in our organic growth plan, keeping us on track to achieve production of 13,000 bopd net to Panoro when all six new Hibiscus Ruche Phase I wells are onstream.”  

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