{"id":12951,"date":"2022-12-13T11:38:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T11:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=12951"},"modified":"2022-12-13T12:57:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T12:57:05","slug":"zimbabwe-drilling-of-the-mukuyu-1-has-recommences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-drilling-of-the-mukuyu-1-has-recommences\/","title":{"rendered":"ZIMBABWE: Drilling of the Mukuyu-1 has Recommenced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Progress and current operations<\/strong><br \/>\nSince the last update, the Mukuyu-1 well was successfully plugged back to the 9\u215d\u201d casing shoe (at approximately 2,020mMD) and drilling to kickoff the Mukuyu-1 ST1 (sidetrack) well initiated.<br \/>\nDrilling progress has been delayed due to a failure of a mud motor and loss of drilling nozzles necessitating two unplanned change outs.<br \/>\nThis was followed by the failure of a control module of the Top Drive System (TDS), which has since been repaired.<br \/>\nThe drilling of the Mukuyu-1 ST1 has recommenced and the mud system is being displaced to the planned lighter weight drilling mud in preparation for drilling ahead and anticipated to be completed in approximately 10 days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments from Managing Director Scott Macmillan:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cWhilst the delays have frustrated our progress to complete the drilling of Mukuyu-1 ST1 well with the goal of obtaining a fluid sample we anticipate the remaining activities will require approximately 10 days and we look forward to providing further updates in coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Progress and current operations Since the last update, the Mukuyu-1 well was successfully plugged back to the 9\u215d\u201d casing shoe (at approximately 2,020mMD) and drilling to kickoff the Mukuyu-1 ST1 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-drilling-of-the-mukuyu-1-has-recommences\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":12150,"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":[9258,7812,10893,10892,10832],"class_list":["post-12951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-cabora-bassa-basin","tag-invictus-energy","tag-mukuyu-1-st1","tag-mukuyu-1-well","tag-sg-4571-licence","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Mukuyu-1.png?fit=603%2C460&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3mT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14073,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/zimbabwe-invictus-energy-successfully-kicks-off-the-mukuyu-2-sidetrack-well\/","url_meta":{"origin":12951,"position":0},"title":"ZIMBABWE: Invictus Energy Successfully Kicks-off the Mukuyu-2 Sidetrack Well","author":"","date":"November 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Invictus Energy has announced that the Mukuyu-2 well was plugged back with cement above the 9\u215d\u201d casing shoe (at approximately 1,966m Measured Depth (mMD) and drilling to kickoff the Mukuyu-2 ST1 (sidetrack) well was initiated and successfully achieved with 100% new formation drilled. 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