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Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Sound Energy has confirmed the commencement of drilling at the third Tendrara well, TE-8, onshore Morocco. Following the recent success at the company’s first two Tendrara wells (TE-6 and TE-7), the third well (TE-8) was spud on February 19. The TE-8 well is a step out appraisal well 12 km to the northeast of TE-7 with the objective of proving up significant additional volumes in the TAGI (Trias Argilo-Gréseux Inférieur) reservoir while also, for the first time, drilling deeper into the Paleozoic formation.
The drilling and logging of the TE-8 main well bore to a true vertical depth (TVD) of approximately 2975 meters is expected to take approximately 40 to 50 days. Assuming gas is encountered in the main well bore, a further 30-day sidetrack will be drilled to a TVD of approximately 2633 meters to prove a potentially deeper gas contact approximately 900 meters to the northwest.
Sound will be updating shareholders on achievement of each of the three casing points (13 3/8″ casing at 450m TVD, 12 ¼” casing at 2070m TVD and 7″ casing at 2587mTVD) in the main well bore and achievement of total depth.
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