Valeura Energy, a Canadian-based oil and gas company, has concluded its campaign to drill multiple wells, increasing oil production in an oil field off the coast of Thailand, Southeast Asia.
Valeura Energy has confirmed the completion of a campaign to drill eight wells on its facilities Nong Yao field In Block G11/48, where the company has a 90% operating interest in the Gulf of Thailand. The drilling program, which includes the company’s first ever multifaceted development well, includes one appraisal well that achieved its objective as intended and will lead to future development drilling at the well. Nong Yao A platform.
The remaining seven wells were drilled as horizontal development wells from both the Nong Yao A and Lines for platforms, confront their goals, and put them online as producers. Among the development wells is the NYA-42ST1H well, which is said to have set a new record in the Gulf of Thailand for the longest horizontal horizontal drilling ever, at 4,960 wells.
As a result of the drilling program and Well maintenance campaign They were performed simultaneously on Nong Yao B and C In order to improve well performance, total oil production volumes from the Nong Yao field increased to rates of approximately 10,500 b/d over the seven days ending June 16, 2026, compared to average production rates of 8,870 b/d for the seven days ending April 4, 2026.
Dr. Sean GuestPresident and CEO of Valeura commented: “We are continuing to access new oil reservoirs through ongoing drilling, and we have once again increased production from the Nong Yao field, our largest producing asset.
“Furthermore, in this campaign our team demonstrated the potential for multilateral drilling in the Gulf of Thailand as a way to enhance the efficiency of what is already a world-class drilling and completions organization. This continues our long tradition of embracing new technology, and paves the way for this approach to be more widely rolled out across our portfolio.”
For the first-ever multilateral Valeura well, the company built a complex intersection within the NYB-02ST1 wellbore where two separate horizontal production legs were alternately drilled, each targeting a different reservoir interval and recorded as two separate development wells.
The company claims that this was the first multilateral project of this level of complexity ever attempted in Thailand. The two side development blocks are now producing oil from two separate development targets, while occupying only one well slot at the wellhead facility.
The multilateral approach fits well with Valeura’s goal of maximizing the production potential of its facilities. As the company sees potential for multilateral drilling across its portfolio, it is evaluating its future drilling schedule to identify suitable candidates in its other fields in the Gulf of Thailand.
These candidates can work for wells that have two or more separate lateral production legs. Valeura’s contracted drilling rig has now been mobilized to JName field In Block B5/27, where the company plans to conduct a drilling program of five wells.
This multi-well program includes three single-bore development wells and one two-bore multi-bore development well. Borr Drilling Company was built in 2013 Shaboura Lifting device is On rent With Valeura until August 2026 for drilling activities in Thailand.
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