Europa Oil & Gas today announced that workover operations on the Wressle-1 well to install a downhole jet pump and recomplete the well have been successfully concluded. The workover rig has been demobilised from the Wressle site.

A new surface Triplex pump has been purchased and has been installed and connected.  The final stages of the surface facilities upgrades are nearing completion. The re-instatement of production operations at Wressle-1 well is currently expected during the week commencing 23 October 2023.

Europa holds a 30% economic interest in Wressle (PEDL180/182).

Will Holland, Chief Executive Officer of Europa, said:
"Operations to install a jet pump at our core Wressle oilfield are progressing well, with production from the field expected to restart next week. We are pleased that the work has gone so smoothly and I look forward to updating the market on resumption of production".

The Wressle oil discovery straddles PEDL180 and PEDL182. It lies 5km southeast of, and along the same structural trend as, the Europa-operated Crosby Warren field which has been producing oil for almost 30 years. The field was discovered by the Wressle-1 conventional exploration well which was drilled to a total depth of 2,240m (1,814m TVDSS) on 23 August 2014.

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