srh #5 update ?

Morning all,

just wondering how SRH #5 is going. It's been 12 days since the last update. More issues with gas/liquids ? 12 days seems a long time between drinks with no news what so ever ?

The change happened on the 10th,11th last week so what's happened ?

7 June 2013

#5H Well

The artificial lift system installed in the #5H well is currently being changed. The down hole electrical submersible pump (ESP) is being removed because the gas to liquids (oil and frac fluid) ratio in the well exceeds the optimum recommended for the pump, resulting in poor pump performance. The pump will be replaced by gas lift which is expected to result in larger volumes of oil and frac fluid being produced to surface, thereby cleaning up
the well of frac fluid.

The gas lift system is expected to come into operation early next week. If results from this system are below expectation, a more complex gas lift design may be required. Due to the volumes of gas that have been produced from the well to date, it is expected that gas lift will provide a more effective means of recovering the frac fluid from the well and increasing the oil rate.