Aminex has mobolised the drilling rig for its Nytorya-2 wellsite.
The firm completed the civil aork earlier this week. the Caroil 2 drilling rig and related equipment has begun from the Ntorya-1 well pad to the Ntorya-2 wellsite, approximately 1,500 metres away.
The well will be spud at the end of the year and is expected to take between 45 and 60 days to drill.
A spokesperson said: “Ntorya-2 represents a low risk appraisal well targeting Resources of 153 BCF and follows the discovery well at Ntorya-1, which flow tested at 20 mmcfd with 139 bbls of associate condensate. The company holds a 75% working interest and is the operator.
“The Nyuni Area acreage offers high impact exploration and has been ascribed 4.2 TCF prospective resource. Drilling success in the region based on 3D seismic has been over 90%.”
The Ntorya-1 well has been credited in an independent report by Senergy (GB) Limited with gross 153 billion cubic feet (“bcf”) of gas in place, of which 70 bcf are considered gross best estimate contingent resources. A further gross best estimate of undiscovered gas in place of over 1 trillion cubic feet is attributed to the Ntorya Prospect as a whole and is the target of the Ntorya-2 well which is being drilled updip and in a thicker part of the sand body interpreted on the 2014 seismic data acquired to facilitate appraisal.
Solo Oil owns a 25% interest in the discovery.
Solo chief executive said: “Advancing the Ntorya appraisal and its commercialisation is now a key objective for Solo and we are pleased that rig mobilisation is now underway. The discovery of gas in high quality Cretaceous sandstone reservoirs in the onshore portion of the Ruvuma Basin represents very significant value and we look forward to confirmation of the spud date in due course.”
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