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Monday, January 19, 2015
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s JV partner on the Rovuma Onshore Concession in Mozambique, Wentworth Resources, reported that the partners have spud the Kifaru-1 exploration well using the Helmerich&Paye rig #243.
The Kifaru-1 exploration well is targeting Miocene sands, similar to the reservoirs in the Mnazi Bay and Msimbati gas fields in southern Tanzania, as well as Oligocene and Cretaceous sands. The Kifaru-1 well has a planned total depth of 4,050 meters True Vertical Depth Sub Sea and, based on the current drilling program, is expected to take approximately 70 days to complete.
Geoff Bury, Managing Director, commented: “’The Kifaru-1 exploration well is located just south of our discovered natural gas fields in the Mnazi Bay concession and adjacent to recent gas discoveries made offshore. The Kifaru-1 well is testing a large structure which, if successful, could lead to further exploration activities in both of Wentworth’s blocks in the Rovuma Basin.”
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