Horse Hill Developments has submitted a planning application for its onshore discovery near Gatwick Airport.
Solo Oil, which owns a working interest in the development confirmed the submission for the Horse Hill-1 discovery.
The HH-1 oil discovery reported total flow rate of 1,688 barrels oil per day from two Kimmeridge limestones and the overlying Portland Sandstone during a short period of testing in early 2016.
Neil Ritson, Solo’s non-executive Chairman, said: “This planning application is part of a multi-phase process designed to move the Horse Hill discovery into near term oil production and revenue generation. The data collected during the planned appraisal work will also have further impact on understanding the prospectivity of the HHDL licenses and the Weald Basin more generally.”
The first phase of the proposed development will consist of extended production testing of four zones in HH-1, designed to confirm the commerciality of the discovery, and to examine an additional previously untested Kimmeridge limestone layer.
“HHDL has also reported that feedback from a public consultation process, undertaken in July 2016, and subsequent meetings with local residents’ representatives, has been incorporated into the development design and planning application to minimize any potential impacts on the locality. Local planning applications, such as this one not requiring an Environmental Impact Assessment, take approximately 13 weeks,” a Solo announcement read.
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