SDX Energy Inc., London, discovered conventional natural gas in its LMS-2 exploration well on the Lalla Mimouna permit in Morocco.
The operator is completing the well for production in the Miocene H-9 sand interval, a shallow marine deposit not previously tested in the area.
Drilled to 1,158 m TD, the well encountered 16.4 m of net gas pay with average porosity of 32% in an overpressured section and had liquid hydrocarbon shows.
The company plans an extensive test.
The well was the last of SDX’s nine-well drilling program in Morocco and the seventh successful well (OGJ Online, Sept. 21, 2017).
SDX holds 75% of the Lalla Mimouna permit. The National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) holds 25%.
