Savannah reports fourth Niger oil strike

Savannah Petroleum PLC, London, reports a fourth indicated discovery of light oil in the R3 part of its R3/R4 production-sharing contract area in southeastern Niger (OGJ Online, July 11, 2018).

Wireline logs, fluid samples, and pressure data indicate the Eridal-1 well encountered 13.6 m of net oil-bearing sandstone in the E1 unit of the primary Eocene Sokor Alternances objective.

Savannah is suspending the well, which was drilled to 2,542 m TVD, for future reentry.

The company plans production tests of at least two of its discoveries before starting an early production scheme.

Exercising the second of six options under its drilling contract with Great Wall Drilling Co. Niger SARL, Savannah will use the GW215 rig to drill the Zomo-1 exploration well 12 km south of Eridal-1 and slightly north of its Bushiya-1 discovery.