- Average daily production of the Indrora field has been ramped up by 50 per cent in just 20 days from acquisition and the aim is to scale up production to over 300 barrels of oil equivalent per day by the end of the calendar year
Asian Energy Services Limited (AESL), has recently received shareholders’ approval to proceed with the acquisition of 50 per cent participating interest (PI) in Indrora, an Oil & Gas field situated in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from Oilmax Energy Private Limited (OEPL). AESL has initiated the process of obtaining all the requisite permissions and approvals from the Government of India to complete the PI acquisition. Oilmax Energy is the parent company of Asian Energy with a 61.25 per cent equity holding in Asian Energy.
AESL offers end-to-end services which extend across the entire upstream value chain. AESL’s service offerings including 2D and 3D seismic geophysical data acquisition, integrated supply and installation of coal handling plants and rapid loading systems, as well as the supply, commissioning, and integrated operations and maintenance (O&M) of onshore and offshore oil and gas production facilities. Since its acquisition by OEPL, AESL has diversified its business verticals to capture more value across the energy and upstream oil and gas value chains, for long term value creation for its investors and shareholders.
AESL, with this acquisition, has marked its entry into the upstream oil and gas production business thereby expanding its gambit of capabilities across the entire upstream value chain. The addition of the upstream oil & gas production vertical will help AESL improve its cash flow visibility and further diversify its cash flows from its existing seismic, oilfield O&M, and infrastructure services verticals.
Mr. Kapil Garg, founder, chairman & director, OEPL, and director, AESL, speaking about the development said, “We have already achieved better than anticipated results at Indrora in less than three weeks, and not just in terms of production. We are already seeing evidence of many promising untapped zones and upsides in the field. We anticipate being able to keep the momentum and scale up the production to over 300 barrels of oil equivalent per day by the end of the calendar year. The Indrora field has the potential to reach an average of 700 barrels of oil equivalent per day plus in the near future with the use of advanced production and reservoir management methods, as well as innovative drilling and intervention techniques. We want to establish Indrora as a case study to demonstrate that the focus and ingenuity of private operators can allow similarly languishing marginal fields to get a new lease of life and improve their production exponentially, ultimately benefiting the country!”
OEPL was handed over the Indrora field with effect from April 1, 2023 and started commercial production from the first day itself, a feat that has never before been achieved in the DSF bid round fields. In addition, OEPL has achieved ramping up the daily average production by 50 per cent, in a record time of just 20 days, through production optimization techniques.
Indrora was the most popular field in the most recent Discovered Small Fields bid round 3 (DSF3) and was won by OEPL, despite stiff competition. The field was subject to an acquisition bid from over 10 other bidders including giants like Vedanta, but ultimately OEPL was the highest bidder and awarded the field.