Wentworth said it has commenced drilling operations from its Kifaru-1 exploration well in the Rovuma onshore concession in Northern Mozambique.
The company, which has an 11.59% net interest in the well, said it has a planned total depth of 4,050metres and will take 70 days to complete.
It is being drilled with the Helmerich & Payne rig #243.
Geoff Bury, Managing Director, said: “The Kifaru-1 exploration well is located just south of our discovered natural gas fields in the Mnazi Bay concession and adjacent to recent gas discoveries made offshore.
“The Kifaru-1 well is testing a large structure which, if successful, could lead to further exploration activities in both of Wentworth’s blocks in the Rovuma Basin”.
The exploration well is targeting the Miocene sands, similar to the reservoirs in the Mnazi Bay and Msimbatigas gas fields in southern Tanzania, as well as Oligocene and Cretaceous sands.
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