{"id":10494,"date":"2021-06-28T11:11:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T11:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=10494"},"modified":"2021-06-28T11:11:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T11:11:12","slug":"zimbabwe-cabora-bassa-project-set-to-commence-2d-seismic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-cabora-bassa-project-set-to-commence-2d-seismic\/","title":{"rendered":"ZIMBABWE: Cabora Bassa Project Set to Commence 2D Seismic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Seismic Campaign Update<\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing the award of the seismic acquisition contract to Polaris Natural Resources Inc. as earlier announced Invictus Energy says Polaris has received work permits for their<br \/>\nexpatriate staff and have begun mobilising personnel to Zimbabwe to commence the 2D seismic campaign and are due to arrive in the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>The Company has commenced assisting Polaris with the recruitment of up to 100 local employees who will be involved in the seismic campaign, the vast majority of which are expected to come from within the local communities.<\/p>\n<p>The camp construction will commence prior to the end of June and is expected to be completed in early July. The seismic campaign is estimated to officially commence in July with line clearing operations and followed by seismic data acquisition. The vibroseis<br \/>\nunits and recording equipment is currently in transit to Zimbabwe. The Company intends to conduct, process, and interpret a minimum of 400 line kms of 2D seismic in order to refine the Muzarabani-1 drilling location and well path and identify additional prospectivity for the upcoming drilling campaign. The proposed seismic survey will be conducted with a minimal environmental footprint and utilise existing roads and tracks where possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aztech Well Construction Appointed as Drilling Project Manager<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Company is also pleased to announce that Aztech Well Construction has been appointed as Drilling Project Manager for the upcoming basin opening drilling program. Aztech is a well project management company headquartered in Perth with an extensive track record in both onshore and offshore drilling projects.<\/p>\n<p>The plan for the drilling campaign is advancing well with the preliminary Basis of Well Design (BoWD) completed, which will enable the ordering of long lead drilling items (casing and wellheads) for fabrication.<\/p>\n<p>The BoWD will be further refined and finalised once the seismic processing and interpretation has been completed.<\/p>\n<p>The Company has received strong interest from multiple drilling rig contractors in the region and further afield to provide a rig for the campaign. Aztech are concluding the technical evaluation of the rig contractor options ahead of shortlisting to participate in a formal process to select a rig for the campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SG 4571 tenure renewal formally Gazetted for 3 years to June 2024<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecial Grant 4571 held by Geo Associates (Private) Limited, the Company\u2019s 80% owned subsidiary, was notified of the publishing in the official Zimbabwean Government Gazette of the extension of tenure for a 3 year period to 17th June 2024 under section 301 of the Mines and Minerals Act [Chapter 21:05] by the Minister of Mines and Mining Development under the authorisation of the President.<\/p>\n<p>Invictus Managing Director Scott Macmillan commented:<br \/>\n\u201cOur exploration program is progressing well with the seismic acquisition campaign about to officially commence and preparations for the drilling campaign advancing well. The strong interest from multiple drilling rig contractors places the Company in a great position to secure an optimal rig for the drilling campaign at attractive rig rates. We have had an overwhelming response in our local recruitment exercise and extremely pleased that we will be able to fill the majority of positions with people from the local community in keeping with the Company\u2019s strong commitment to community employment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seismic Campaign Update Following the award of the seismic acquisition contract to Polaris Natural Resources Inc. as earlier announced Invictus Energy says Polaris has received work permits for their expatriate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-cabora-bassa-project-set-to-commence-2d-seismic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7445,11],"tags":[9396,8078,7812,9397,9259,8080,2767],"class_list":["post-10494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-aztech-well-construction","tag-geo-associates","tag-invictus-energy","tag-muzarabani-1","tag-polaris-natural-resources","tag-sg-4571","tag-zimbabwe","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2Jg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10233,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-polaris-natural-resources-awarded-cabora-bassa-basin-seismic\/","url_meta":{"origin":10494,"position":0},"title":"ZIMBABWE: Polaris Natural Resources Awarded Cabora Bassa Basin Seismic","author":"","date":"April 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Invictus, following the recent signing of the PEDPA with the Republic of Zimbabwe, has awarded Polaris Natural Resources Inc, Canada\u2019s longest standing seismic company to provide acquisition services for its first 2D seismic program in the Cabora Bassa Basin. Polaris has conducted over 1,000 seismic projects since 1996 and introduced\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-Bassa.jpg?fit=570%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-Bassa.jpg?fit=570%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-Bassa.jpg?fit=570%2C797&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10967,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-cabora-bassa-seismic-acquisition-50-complete\/","url_meta":{"origin":10494,"position":1},"title":"ZIMBABWE: Cabora Bassa Seismic Acquisition 50% Complete","author":"","date":"October 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Invictus Energy operated\u00a0Cabora Bassa 2021 seismic survey\u00a0 campaign in Zimbabwe is ongoing with 220km of data recording and 240km of layout completed to date. The data quality and density being acquired from the CB21 Survey is excellent and a step change from the Invictus previous Mobil survey conducted in 1990.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-Bassa.jpg?fit=570%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-Bassa.jpg?fit=570%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-Bassa.jpg?fit=570%2C797&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10274,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-invictus-energy-provides-quarterly-activities-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":10494,"position":2},"title":"ZIMBABWE: Invictus Energy Provides Quarterly Activities Report","author":"","date":"April 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"HIGHLIGHTS \u2022 Petroleum Exploration Development and Production Agreement (PEDPA) signed with Republic of Zimbabwe \u2022 PEDPA provides the licence holder the right to enter into a 25 year production licence following exploration periods \u2022 Completed capital raise of $8m via Private Placement to sophisticated and institutional investors \u2022 Proceeds from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-Bassa.jpg?fit=570%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-Bassa.jpg?fit=570%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-Bassa.jpg?fit=570%2C797&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11084,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-cabora-bassa-seismic-completed\/","url_meta":{"origin":10494,"position":3},"title":"ZIMBABWE: Cabora Bassa Seismic Completed","author":"","date":"November 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Cabora Bassa 2021 seismic survey has been completed with a total of 839.5 km of high-resolution 2D seismic data acquired. A total of 402.2 km of data was acquired in SG 4571 and following approvals, a further 437.1 km of contiguous data was acquired in an existing application area.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ZIMBABWE-SEISMIC.png?fit=642%2C482&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ZIMBABWE-SEISMIC.png?fit=642%2C482&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ZIMBABWE-SEISMIC.png?fit=642%2C482&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11670,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-invictus-energy-receives-excellent-2d-seismic-dataset\/","url_meta":{"origin":10494,"position":4},"title":"ZIMBABWE: Invictus Energy Receives Excellent 2D Seismic dataset","author":"","date":"January 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Data processing of the 2021 Cabora Bassa 2D Seismic Survey (CB21 survey) data is progressing on schedule with Earth Signal Processing in Calgary, Canada. Invictus has now received all hydrocarbon Post-Stack Migrations of the CB21 survey data as well as the data from the reprocessing of US$30million legacy Mobil dataset1\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-seismic.jpg?fit=598%2C304&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-seismic.jpg?fit=598%2C304&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-seismic.jpg?fit=598%2C304&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10994,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-invictus-energy-completes-cabora-bassa-seismic-survey\/","url_meta":{"origin":10494,"position":5},"title":"ZIMBABWE: Invictus Energy Completes Cabora Bassa Seismic Survey","author":"","date":"October 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The Cabora Bassa 2021 seismic survey has completed 467km of data acquisition and remediation of the completed lines has commenced. The HSE performance throughout the program has been exceptional, and the project has now exceeded 100,000 hours without a Lost Time Injury (LTI). The preliminary processing of test Line 05\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-Bassa.jpg?fit=570%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-Bassa.jpg?fit=570%2C797&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Zimbabwe-Cabora-Bassa.jpg?fit=570%2C797&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10496,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10494\/revisions\/10496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}