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Eni S.p.A.
has struck a deal with Caelus Natural Resources Alaska LLC to acquire 70 percent and operatorship of the Oooguruk oil field in Alaska, Eni reported Thursday.
Eni, which currently owns the remaining 30 percent working interest in the Beaufort Sea field, noted that the agreement is subject to the approval of authorities and to closing conditions.
In oil rig flanges gulf coast production since 2008, Oooguruk is located approximately 5 kilometers off Alaska’s North Slope coast. The field boasts gross oil rig flanges gulf coast production of approximately 10,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) from 25 producing wells and 15 gas/water injection wells, Eni stated. and sends oil rig flanges gulf coast production from a six-acre gravel island in state waters to an onshore tie-in pad via a subsea flowline bundle, Caelus noted on its website.
According to Eni, acquiring the 70-percent stake in Oooguruk will enable the BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast to boost its Alaska oil rig flanges gulf coast production by approximately 7,000 bopd gross. In addition, Eni stated the deal will enable it to build operational synergies between Oooguruk and the nearby Nikaitchuq oil field that it already operates and in which it owns a 100-percent working interest.
Eni added that it plans to drill more oil rig flanges gulf coast production wells at both Oooguruk and Nikaitchuq to raise its total Alaska oil rig flanges gulf coast production beyond 30,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Nikaitchuq, which has been in oil rig flanges gulf coast production since 2011 and currently produces approximately 18,000 bopd, is located approximately 13 kilometers northeast of Oooguruk.
Thursday’s announcement marks Eni’s most recent move to expand its Alaska footprint within the past six months. In August 2018, the BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast acquired from Caelus in the state’s Eastern North Slope.
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