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Swabbing leads to a wee mess

SWABBING operations at the Malolos-1 well have resulted in almost 100% oil recoveries. However, in the process the perforations in the wellbore that the oil was produced through became clogged.

Swabbing leads to a wee mess

Remedial work is underway to unblock the perforations and once that is done oil testing will resume. Swabbing fluid from the production tubing and lowering the fluid level reduces back pressure on the...

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