Bass Oil Ltd (ASX:BAS) has returned both Bunian and Tangai 1 to production after a well service rig carried out pump repairs, with production gradually returning to more than 700 barrels of oil per day during July.
In June the field had a total joint venture production of 632 barrels of oil per day, despite Bunian 1, Tangai 1 and Tangai 3 wells shut due to downhole pump failures.
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The company has also received tenders for the provision of 750 horsepower capacity drilling rig for the drilling of the Bunian 5 well.
Bass’ team in Jakarta is negotiating and finalising contract terms and conditions with the preferred tenderer.
The aim is to drill the Bunian 5 well as soon as the rig is available, likely to be October.
Production is expected to double from the field, taking up remaining available production capacity of the Tangai-Sukananti field facilities as swell as increasing developed reserves.
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Total field production at Tangai-Sukananti in June was 18,968 barrels of oil shared by joint venture or 10,432 barrels of barrels net to Bass.
June oil sales totalled 19,000 barrels JV or 10,450 barrels net to the Australian-based Indonesian oil producer.
The average monthly realised oil price for June was US$61.01 compared with a monthly average oil price of US$67.78 per barrel recorded in April.
The Tangai fields are generating positive cash contributions to the business with field operating costs below US$25 a barrel.
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A workover rig is being sourced to perform remaining well work including the Tangai 3 pump repair, the Bunian 4 workover and the Tangai 4 conversion to water injector.
Discussions to secure one or more onshore Indonesian acquisition targets, particularly those closest to its existing oil production infrastructure.
