SDX Energy PLC has started the first phase of its 2021 drilling campaign in Morocco with the spud of the OYF-3 appraisal-development well, the company said May 4.
The campaign began Apr. 30 following a 1-month delay due to stalled mobilization of equipment and personnel related to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
This first phase of the Morocco campaign consists of three appraisal-development wells in operated Gharb basin acreage (75% interest). The company is targeting an estimated 1.3 bcf of P90/1.8 bcf of P50, gross unrisked prospective recoverable resources.
OYF-3 is targeting the Guebbas reservoir at about 1,160 m. The second well, KSR-17, will target the Hoot reservoir at about 1,720 m. The third well, KSR-18, is a dual target well, with the first in the Guebbas reservoir at 1,600 m and the second in the Hoot reservoir at around 1,790 m.
All three wells are looking to encounter shallow, biogenic gas accumulations near the company’s existing infrastructure, thus enabling tie-ins to be completed quickly and at low cost, the company said.
The campaign is expected to complete in July 2021. The second phase of the Moroccan drilling campaign will begin in September-October 2021.
Up to 11 wells are expected to be drilled across the company’s portfolio this year.
SDX’s Egyptian drilling activities are expected to begin in June with the first of four development wells in the non-operated West Gharib concession (50%) and the start of a two well campaign in its operated South Disouq gas field (55%) in the Nile Delta where the second well, the Hanut-1X exploration well planned for this year’s third quarter, will target gross unrisked mean recoverable volumes of 139 bcf with a 33% chance of success.