
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Aminex plc, the operator of the Kiliwani North gas field,and its partner Solo Oil saw the gas export pipeline from the SongoSongo processing plant to the KN-1 gas well completed to within approximately 20 meters from the KN-1 production well-head.
The KN-1 well, when connected to the export pipeline, is expected to produce at least 20 Mmcf/d. Following the completion the pressure testing and the final hook up that will be completed.
Aminex is still waiting for the Gas Sales Agreement with the government to be signed.
Solo Oil chairman Neil Ritsonis confident that the GSA will be signed in time. “As we reach the point of gas commercialization we are naturally tracking the process very closely and shortly expect to see final hook-up and pressure testing get underway. With the imminent hook-up we also remain extremely confident that the GSA will be signed in time to commence exports of gas from the field as soon as the facilities are complete,” says Ritson.