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Friday, December 8, 2023
Both the Government of Zimbabwe and Invictus Energy have confirmed a gas discovery in the Mukuyu-2 well at the Cabora Bassa Project in Zimbabwe. The Mukuyu-2 discovery was drilled 7 km away and 450 meters updip of the Mukuyu-1 well, which can subsequently be classified as a discovery and provides confirmation of the large potential of the Mukuyu field which has a structural closure of over 200 sq km.
The Ministry of Mines and Energy in a statement said, “The Government of Zimbabwe is pleased to announce that Geo Associates and its partners Invictus Energy and One Gas Resources have successfully declared a gas discovery in Zimbabwe through the ongoing exploration activities in Muzarabani.”
The Ministry classified the development as “a major discovery” representing one of the most significant developments in the onshore oil and gas sector in the Southern Africa Region. The discovery is the first Triassic aged hydrocarbon in Sub Saharan Africa.
Meanwhile, Invictus Energy released its own statement with Managing Director Scott Macmillan commenting: “We are delighted to declare a gas discovery from the Mukuyu-2 sidetrack well in the Upper Angwa formation. The discovery represents one of the most significant developments in the onshore Southern Africa oil and gas industry for decades … The Company has delivered an exceptional result from the first two wells drilled in Mukuyu, which provides us with significant running room in our large portfolio of prospects and leads for further discoveries in our acreage in the Cabora Bassa basin.”
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Macmillan continued, “With additional hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs ahead, the focus now is to complete the drilling and evaluation program and obtain further wireline data including fluid samples to declare an additional discovery from the Lower Angwa formation.”
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