Angus Energy has announced oil is flowing at its Brockham field in Surrey.

In a statement, the company said one of the wells, the Brockham 2Y, was producing about 120 barrels of liquid per day. Of this, about 40 per cent was oil.

This is the first time since late 2022 there has been oil production from Brockham, near Dorking.

Angus said fluid from the well, would be reinjected into the rock reservoir at the site for pressure support.

Brockham’s environmental permit allows the reinjection of up to 150 barrels of produced water in any 24 hour period.

Angus said it finished a workover of the Brockham 2Y well in late May. It also installed a new pump and carried out repairs and upgrades to surface equipment.

The company announced in 2022 that oil production had resumed from the BRX3 well, at a rate of 50 barrels of oil per day.

But official data to the industry regulator suggests the site produced between June and October 2022has not produced oil since November 2022.

Angus Energy’s chief executive, Richard Herbert, said:

“The workover was completed safely and on schedule and budget, with the new pump starting up on the 28th May. The well is now producing oil in excess of management’s predicted flowrates and with the present surface configuration is expected to sustain 30-40 bbls/day of oil, with potential to increase further with operational improvements.”

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