Premier?s Pelikan and Naga platforms to come onstream in 2nd half

By Ruli Setiawan

UK-firm Premier Oil announced Thursday that the Pelikan and Naga platforms have been tied-in to the Gajah Baru facilities and development drilling is now underway.

Pelikan and Naga will be brought on-stream to backfill the firm?s existing contracts and, when the opportunity arises, to increase further its market share of GSA1. First gas from these new facilities is expected during the second half, the firm said.

Pelikan and Naga fields are part of Natuna Sea Block A which is owned by Premier Oil (operator), Kufpec, Petronas, and Pertamina-PTTEP.

The firm also said the Ratu Gajah well in the block was tested in June. Although sub-commercial, the presence of moveable hydrocarbons was confirmed by a sustained flow of gas to surface during testing. Follow up for the extensive Lama play will be the appraisal of the Anoa Deep discovery in early 2015 and the high grading of other prospects in the Lama play, the firm said.

Editing by Johannes Simbolon