Petroleum Explorationists Offer Strategies to Unlock More Oil Barrels from Mature Fields

THISDAYLIVE | 22-09-2026 05:56am |

The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) has urged oil and gas operators to learn from ND Western's experience on the Utor-40 well in Utorogu Field in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 34 in Delta State. NAPE said the Utorogu Field offers a compelling case for integrated subsurface evaluation and real-time drilling intelligence over rigid adherence to Field Development Plans (FDPs) submitted to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). Dr. Christopher Asuquo-Jackson, a member of NAPE and Head of Geoscience at ND Western, gave the advice when he presented the case study at the association's September technical/business meeting in Lagos.

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