San Leon Spuds Morocco Gas Well

San Leon Energy on Friday said it has spud the El Aaiun-4 well on the Tarfaya conventional licence, onshore Morocco.

The well is expected to take approximately 30 days to reach total depth (TD) of around 2000 metres below rotary table. The reservoir target is Tertiary channel sandstones, and the surface location is approximately 14 Km from a gas market (El Marsa OCP phosphate processing plant, near Foum el-Oued), the company said.

San Leon is the operator of the Tarfaya licence and holds a 75 percent net operated interest. ONHYM, the Moroccan National Bureau of Petroleum and Mines, holds the remaining 25 percent interest.

Earlier this year, San Leon said the El Aaiun-4 well is testing a potential (P50) 32 BCF of stratigraphically trapped recoverable gas.