Sound Energy, the Moroccan focused upstream gas company, has confirmed that the drilling at TE-10, the second well of a planned three exploration well campaign in Eastern Morocco, has started. The drilling program will take an estimated 30-40 days at a total measured depth of 2,200 meters, Sound Energy said, estimating a success chance of 14 percent. On August 31, Sound Energy signed a new eight-year petroleum agreement with the National Office of Hydrocarbon and Mines (ONHYM) in Tendrara region. In October, the Moroccan finance and energy ministries approved the agreement to drill for oil in Morocco’s eastern Tendrara region. The new petroleum agreement, named “Greater Tendrara Petroleum Agreement,” covers an area of approximately 14,500 square kilometers extending across eastern Morocco and “surrounding the development concession application area relating to the Tendrara gas discovery.”

Source: The North Africa Journal December 08, 2018 13:07 UTC