LONDON (Yosefardi) – Premier Oil Plc plans to drill 12 wells next year, including a minimum of four high impact exploration wells.

“This include two wells offshore Kenya, at least one well on Natuna Sea Block A targeting the Lama play, which was successfully drilled by the Anoa Deep well in 2011, and the Myrhauk prospect on the eastern margin of the Mandal High in the Norwegian Central North Sea,” Premier said this week.

Premier claimed the Anoa field on Natuna Sea Block A continued to achieve in excess of its 36.9% contractual share of gas sales agreement (GSA) 1, delivering at around 44% during the first half of 2013.

“A planned four week shut down of the Anoa facility, to complete work on the Anoa Phase 4 additional compression project, commenced on 21 June. As anticipated, strong deliverability from the nearby Gajah Baru field is able to cover a substantial proportion of Anoa’s contractual commitments under GSA1 during the shut down,” Premier added.