Aminex
plc
("Aminex"
or "the Company")
NTORYA-2
WELL DRILLING RESULT
Ntorya-2 Well Result Ahead of Expectations with 25 to
30 Metre Net Gas Column
Final Preparations for Well Test
Aminex is pleased to announce that the Ntorya-2
appraisal well has been successfully drilled to a depth of approximately 2,750
metres. At 2,596 metres drilling depth the well encountered a gross gas bearing
reservoir unit of approximately 51 metres. Preliminary petrophysical analysis
of the Logging While Drilling (LWD) logs indicates a porous and hydrocarbon
bearing reservoir with a potential net pay of between 25 and 30 metres.
Drilling of the reservoir section was associated with significant gas influxes
and higher than expected pressures. The result is well ahead of the Company's
pre-drill expectations.
The well is currently being deepened to a total depth
of approximately 2,780 metres, prior to a wireline logging programme being run,
to allow for the setting of a 7-inch liner below the reservoir interval.
Detailed petrophysical analysis will be conducted on both the LWD and wireline
logs. Preparations are currently underway for a comprehensive well testing
programme and the Company expects to have results of the flow-testing and
ongoing petrophysical analysis by late February.
Ntorya-2 also encountered traces of oil in the gross
reservoir interval and the Company is now evaluating the implications of this
positive development through an updated basin model.
The well was spudded in the onshore Ruvuma Basin of
Tanzania (Mtwara Licence: Aminex 75% and operator) on 21 December 2016 in order
to appraise further the Ntorya Appraisal Area. Ntorya-1 had a net pay of
3.5 metres and flow-tested at 20 million cubic feet per day, with 139 barrels
of associated condensate. The Ntorya field is approximately 40 kilometres
from the Madimba gas processing plant, which receives gas into the National Gas
Pipeline system.
Depending on the results of the well test, the Company
intends to apply for a 25-year development licence over the Ntorya Appraisal
Area.
Jay Bhattacherjee, CEO of Aminex said:
"We are delighted with the progress of the
Ntorya-2 appraisal well, which is ahead of our expectations. The
reservoir is both thick and high quality. Aminex looks forward to
providing the results of the flow-testing which will enable the joint venture
to consider its options for development of the Ntorya field."
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