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CEPSA and ERHC Spud First Well in Kenya

Friday, April 15, 2016

CEPSA and ERHC Energy Kenya Ltd., the wholly owned Kenya-based subsidiary of ERHC Energy, saw the spud of their first well in Kenya on Block 11A, Tarach-1. The Tarach-1 prospect’s mean estimate of oil prospective unrisked resources is 66 million barrels.

The Tarach-1 well is designed to drill from a 20-inch surface casing through intermediate casings down to 2,442 meters and set a 7-inch liner down to total depth (TD) of 3,000 meters.

The prospect is defined by four 2D seismic lines out of the 2014 survey. The structural trap is a 3-way dip closure against a north-south normal fault plane at 1,426 mMD (-954m TVDSS) and covering a surface area of 12 sq.km. The vertical closure is calculated at 220 meters at the P10 closing contour.

CEPSA operates Block 11A with a 65% stake and ERHC holds a 35% interest in the block.


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