Congo (former Zaire): Block III exploration to start
A $30 million work program will begin within weeks on Block III in Congo (former Zaire) near the border with Uganda, said SacOil Holdings Ltd., Bryanston, South Africa.
A $30 million work program will begin within weeks on Block III in Congo (former Zaire) near the border with Uganda, said SacOil Holdings Ltd., Bryanston, South Africa.
Total E&P RDC, operator with 60% interest, ran an airborne gravity and magnetic feasibility study and collected satellite imagery of the topography, physiography, and vegetation of the block in the past 6 months to provide a georeferenced numerical model for future operations.
An airborne gravity and magnetic survey and 2D seismic on the northern area outside Virunga National Park will be performed in 2012. A well may be drilled if promising structures are identified. SacOil is carried for the entire work program.
Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
