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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Soco International spud the first of two wells, the Dinge 20-6 well, in its exploration program last month onshore Angola. The company recently reported that the well is currently at 1,200 meters.
The Dinge 20-6 well is planned to test the Vovo Sands in the pre-salt section onshore Cabinda North in the area of the Dinge discovery. The target sands were deposited in a lacustrine environment above the middle Bucomazi, which is a world class source rock. The second well, Dinge 20-7, will be drilled immediately following completion of Dinge 20-6.
The sands were tested previously in the 1970s with three wells. A lack of seismic data prevented a fuller evaluation of the reservoir extent. The current locations have been selected following a block-wide seismic acquisition and evaluation campaign that was completed in 2012.
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