Soco International, in its latest operational update, commented on activities on the El Fayoum concession. The company said that a second rig was contracted after completion and arrived in June 2019. Drilling operations with the second rig have commenced and the first well was spud on July 16. The company gained access to the El […]

SOCO International saw its Baobab Marine-1 (BABM-1) commitment well spud on February 5 using the Noble Globetrotter II drillship. The well is located on the Mer Profonde Sud Block, located in the Lower Congo Basin, offshore the Republic of Congo. The BABM-1 well, to be drilled on the RR Prospect, is targeting stacked early Miocene […]

Soco International is set to start a seismic survey in the UNESCO-protected Virunga National Park located in and around the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Lake Edward. “The start date for seismic testing has been planned for April 26 and will take about a month,” said Roger Cagle, one of SOCO’s managers in DRC. The […]