Ophir Completes Tanzania Gas Well

Ophir Energy has announced the completion of the Pweza-2 appraisal well in Block 4, Tanzania.

The well intersected 20m of net pay with excellent reservoir quality which was confirmed to be in pressure communication with Pweza-1.

This result has firmed up our resource estimates for the Pweza field which stand at 1.7 TCF of gross recoverable resource, Ophir said.

The drillship has now moved to the Pweza-3 drilling location approx. 5km to the west of Pweza-2. Pweza-3 is designed to further appraise the Pweza field, including the collection of cores and a Drill Stem Test. These are to confirm reservoir deliverability from the cluster of Block 4 discoveries that will provide a second hub for the LNG development, Ophir said.

These activities are expected to be completed in early October.

Ophir holds 40% of Blocks 1, 3 and 4. BG Group operates with 60%.