Trillion Energy International Inc. (CSE:TCF, OTCQB:TRLEF) announced that it is set to kick off its revitalization project at the SASB gas field in Türkiye this month.
The oil and gas producer said all the relevant equipment and supplies for the SASB revitalization project will arrive in mid-April.
It said a total of 49 metres of new gas pay will be perforated in Guluc-2, South Akcakoca-2, West Akcakoca-1 and Akcakoca-3 before the installation of the artificial gas lift (AL).
Trillion noted that its previous SASB AL program consisted of PCP pumps, ESP pumps and velocity strings but due to personnel changes, it has updated the program to predominantly velocity strings, a smaller diameter of production tubing, for step one. In future, a water pump will be installed to prevent water loading.
The new wells have 4.5-inch production tubing and the company will thread 2 and 3/8-inch production tubing inside of the 4.5-inch tubing.
Velocity strings require substantially less capital when compared to PCP pumps as it is much faster, Trillion highlighted.
“From my experience, velocity strings are the best solution at this stage of the gas producing wells as velocity strings are cheap to install, relatively simple to operate, have no moving parts and are well suited to high gas producing wells,” Trillion chief operating officer Al Thorsen said in a statement.
“These wells have large volumes of gas yet to produce and the velocity string is the first step, in the future five to six years from now when the wells have most of the gas produced, at that time PCP pumps or ESP will be installed to extend the gas producing life of the wells.”
The company said that it will make further updates to the market as the SASB’s gas production increases.