Angus Energy has taken another step towards the drilling of a second production well at its Lidsey Oil Field on the south coast of England.
The firm has now been granted permission by the Environment Agency for the new Lidsey-X2 onshore production well at the onshore field, near Bognor Regis.
The well was granted planning consent from West Sussex County Council last month.
The group will now seek the required approvals from the Health and Safety Executive (“HSE”) and Oil and Gas Authority (“OGA”).
Lidsey-X2 will target the upper crest of the producing Great Oolite reservoir and will also pass through the Kimmeridge layers allowing for electronically logging of the layers and sampling of the drill cuttings for a detailed comparison to the encouraging results Angus encountered at Brockham-X4Z.
Jonathan Tidswell-Pretorius, Angus Energy’s chairman, said: “Receiving approval for the Lidsey-X2 production well from the Environmental Agency is another milestone in delivering our business plan of providing low cost, low geological risk, long term conventional oil production.”