Premier2016年產量達到或超過預期

Premier Oil Plc, an explorer operating on four continents, said it would meet or exceed itsproduction?forecast for the year.

The first well brought into?production?at the Solan?project?in the North Sea has pumped more than 14,000 bopd and a second well at the field will start up by the middle of the year, Premier said in a statement Wednesday.

The company’s total oil and gas output was 57,300 boed from Jan. 1 to April 30 and is on track to be at or above the upper end of its forecast for the year of 65,000 to 70,000 boed.

The company’s shares rose as much as 6.8% to 74.5 pence, before paring gains in line with the wider market. They traded at 69.75 pence at 8:33 a.m. in London.

Premier’s statement is positive, “with strong productivity from the E.ON assets and Solan the key driver,” Exane BNP Paribas analyst Alex Topouzoglou said in a note.

Another North Sea?project, called Catcher, remains on schedule and under budget, according to the statement. Capital expenditure on the field is forecast to be 15% lower due to significant cost savings, it said.