Rockhopper Exploration has achieved first gas from its onshore Civita gas field in Italy.
Chief executive Same Moody said: “Civita is the first operated field development undertaken by Rockhopper.
“It has been completed on time and on budget and represents a great technical and management achievement for the Company. First gas from Civita, coupled with the recent drilling success at Guendalina, reinforces the benefit of our Mediterranean portfolio to our wider business, as well as its highly valuable contribution to our financial position.”
Rockhopper own a 100% interest in the field, which located within the Aglavizza production concession.
The field will be commissioned at a rate of 12,500 standard cubic metres (scm) per day before increasing to the expected stabilised flow rate of approximately 25,000 scm per day, approximately 160 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day, by the end of the month.
Rockhopper expects net production from Italy in 2016 to average more than 100,000 scm per day, or approximately 700 boe per day, equating to $9million next year.