Tanzania Well to Spud in December

UK-based Aminex said October 18 that civil work at its Ntorya-2 onshore wellsite in southern Tanzania is now complete and the process of mobilising the Caroil 2 drillrig from the Ntorya-1 wellpad 1.5 km away has begun.

The Ntorya-2 appraisal well is expected to spud late 4Q2016 and, once spudded, drilling is expected to take 45-60 days. It is targeting a resource base of 153bn ft³, the independent assessment made by Senergy of gross gas in place at the Ntorya-1 discovery.

Ntorya-1 flow-tested at 20mn ft^³/d with 139 barrels of associated condensate. Aminex as operator has a 75% interest, UK-based Solo Oil has 25%.

The Ntorya appraisal licence in the far south of Tanzania (Map credit: Aminex)

Solo estimates that the Ntorya-2 well will spud in December. The area is just 20 km from the 36-inch Mtwara-Dar es Salaam gas pipeline that was commissioned in late 2015. Aminex and Solo are also among the partners in the producing Kiliwani North field, further north in Tanzania.

Mark Smedley