Perenco Surges Past Production Targets With New Wells in Chad

Perenco has boosted its oil production capacity in Chad to more than 18,000 barrels per day (bpd) following the completion of a major drilling campaign at the Badila and Mangara fields, the company announced this week. The increase surpasses Perenco’s original target of 16,000 bpd when the fields resumed operations three years ago. The campaign at Badila included 12 new wells, adding a peak 7,000 bpd of production. Of these, eight were horizontal wells targeting the Upper Cretaceous reservoir, alongside t ...