Africa Oil Corp (AOIFF)

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Africa Oil To Reevaluate Bogal-1 Discovery, Reprocess 2D Seismic In Block 9

Kenya’s Block 9 operator Africa Oil has until June 2018 to undertake engineering and well design for reevaluation and testing of Bogal-1 well over eight years after the well was plugged and abandoned by then operator CNOOC citing extensive fracture network proven by the abundant fluid losses during drilling and the Formation Micro Imaging (FMI) log.

According to CNOOC the preliminary testing carried out on two potential gas pay zones showed only minimal flow of gas from each zone leading to the plugging and abandonment decision pending further analysis of the test results to determine the feasibility of an additional testing program, which would include fracture and acid stimulation, due to potential wellbore damage during drilling.

Initial results from one of Kenya’s deepest onshore wells reaching a total depth of 5085 meters indicated multiple gas pay zones totaling approximately 91 metres in Lower Cretaceous sandstones. Bogal 1 was also the first gas discovery in the block was seen as an important step in proving the presence of hydrocarbons in the block and was proceeded by an even larger discovery at the Sala-1 well which intercepted gas within three distinct zones of interest over a 1000-meter gross interval.


Read more at:
http://www.oilnewskenya.com/africa-oil-reevaluate-bogal-1-discovery-reprocess-2d-seismic-block-9/