{"id":12561,"date":"2022-08-13T09:29:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T09:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=12561"},"modified":"2022-08-13T09:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T09:29:44","slug":"south-africa-eco-atlantic-commences-rig-mobilisation-for-gazania-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/south-africa-eco-atlantic-commences-rig-mobilisation-for-gazania-1\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTH AFRICA: Eco Atlantic Commences Rig Mobilisation for Gazania-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas\u00a0 has <\/span>confirmed that the Island Innovator rig, owned by Island Drilling Company AS, was released and mobilised on Friday 12th August 2022.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The rig is now under contract to Eco and its JV partners and will move on to<\/span>\u00a0the Gazania-1 well on Block 2B, 25km offshore the Northern Cape in Orange Basin\u00a0South Africa. <\/span><\/p>\n

The rig is expected to arrive and spud by the end of\u00a0September 2022, subject to weather conditions.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The Gazania-1 prospect is targeting a 300 million barrels light oil resource. The well will take approximately 25 days to drill, and the JV partners plan to seal and plug the well after the test, with no equipment being left on the sea floor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The partners have also\u00a0approved the option to drill a sidetrack well contingent on a discovery in the main target.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The JV partnership in respect of Block 2B comprises\u00a0Eco Atlantic\u00a0(50% WI and Operator), Africa Energy Corp (27.5% WI), Panoro 2B Limited, a subsidiary of Panoro Energy ASA (12.5% WI), and Crown Energy AB (10% WI).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas\u00a0 has confirmed that the Island Innovator rig, owned by Island Drilling Company AS, was released and mobilised on Friday 12th August 2022.\u00a0 The rig is … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":10821,"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":true,"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":[10665,9104,8287,9266,10256,8316],"class_list":["post-12561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-africa-energy-corp","tag-crown-energy","tag-eco-atlantic","tag-gazania-1","tag-island-drilling-company","tag-panoro-energy","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/South-AfricaTranskei-Algoa.jpg?fit=602%2C320&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3gB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11949,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/south-africa-eco-atlantic-signs-rig-contract-for-block-2b\/","url_meta":{"origin":12561,"position":0},"title":"SOUTH AFRICA: Eco Atlantic Signs Rig Contract for Block 2B","author":"","date":"March 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has announced that the Joint Venture partnership of Block 2B, offshore\u00a0South Africa, has entered into a drilling contract for the Island Innovator semi-submersible rig with Island Drilling Company AS for the upcoming drilling of the Gazania-1 well.\u00a0 The Block 2B JV partners are Africa Energy,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Countries"","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\/05\/SOUTH-AFRICA-AREA-2.jpg?fit=745%2C422&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SOUTH-AFRICA-AREA-2.jpg?fit=745%2C422&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SOUTH-AFRICA-AREA-2.jpg?fit=745%2C422&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/SOUTH-AFRICA-AREA-2.jpg?fit=745%2C422&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12699,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/south-africa-eco-atlantic-announces-commencement-of-operations-on-the-gazania-1-well\/","url_meta":{"origin":12561,"position":1},"title":"SOUTH AFRICA: Eco Atlantic announces Commencement of Operations on the Gazania-1 well","author":"","date":"October 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Eco Atlantic has announced the arrival of the Island Innovator Semi-Submersible Drilling Rig on Block 2B and the commencement of operations of the Gazania-1 Exploration Well.\u00a0 Eco holds a 50% Working Interest in Block 2B and is Operator of the block. 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