{"id":13768,"date":"2023-07-05T13:48:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T13:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=13768"},"modified":"2023-07-05T14:02:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T14:02:16","slug":"predator-oil-gas-commences-mou-4-drilling-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/predator-oil-gas-commences-mou-4-drilling-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"MOROCCO: Predator Oil &#038; Gas Commences MOU-4 Drilling Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Predator Oil &amp; Gas&nbsp;with near-term gas operations focussed on Morocco, is pleased to announce that the MOU-4 well commenced drilling on&nbsp;29 June 2023&nbsp;at the start of the Eid holiday in Morocco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The well is currently setting the 95\/8&#8243; casing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Predator is operator of the Guercif Petroleum Agreement onshore Morocco which is prospective for Tertiary gas less than 10 kilometres from the Maghreb gas pipeline.&nbsp; The MOU-1 well drilled in 2021 is being prepared for a follow-up testing programme to coordinate with a further drilling programme to move the project to a CNG development stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Predator Oil &amp; Gas&nbsp;with near-term gas operations focussed on Morocco, is pleased to announce that the MOU-4 well commenced drilling on&nbsp;29 June 2023&nbsp;at the start of the Eid holiday in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/predator-oil-gas-commences-mou-4-drilling-operations\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13769,"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":[7442,7446,11],"tags":[1629,8543,11267,8541],"class_list":["post-13768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-morocco","tag-mou-1","tag-mou-4-well","tag-predator-oil-gas","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/morocco-GUERCIF.jpg?fit=1767%2C1222&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3A4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13068,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/morocco-predator-oil-gas-prepares-for-mou-2-drilling\/","url_meta":{"origin":13768,"position":0},"title":"MOROCCO: Predator Oil &#038; Gas Prepares for MOU-2 Drilling","author":"","date":"January 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Predator Oil & Gas Holdings has announced that the Star Valley Rig 101 is now on the MOU-2 well location. Final preparations are being made to commence drilling. A further update will be given, which is subject to partner approval, when MOU-2 reaches its intended pre-drill total depth of 1,500\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\/10\/Morocco-Predator-Oil-Gas.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Morocco-Predator-Oil-Gas.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Morocco-Predator-Oil-Gas.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Morocco-Predator-Oil-Gas.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Morocco-Predator-Oil-Gas.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10464,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/morocco-predator-oil-gas-commences-mou-1-drilling\/","url_meta":{"origin":13768,"position":1},"title":"MOROCCO: Predator Oil &#038; Gas Commences MOU-1 Drilling","author":"","date":"June 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Predator Oil & Gas Holdings Plc (PRD) has announced that the MOU-1 well was spudded at 0100 hours on Sunday 20th June 2021 with drilling ahead in progress to the first planned 133\/8\" casing point. The well is forecast to take up to 20 days to drill and to run\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10576,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/morocco-predator-oil-and-gas-reports-gas-find-at-the-mou-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":13768,"position":2},"title":"MOROCCO: Predator Oil and Gas Reports Gas Find at the MOU-1","author":"","date":"July 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Predator Oil & Gas\u00a0 has announced completion of the drilling of MOU-1.\u00a0Predator (75%) operates Guercif in joint venture with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) acting on behalf of the State (25%). Initial results Formation gas shows were recorded\u00a0 in a shallow sand at 605 metres measured\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\/02\/morocco-guercif.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/morocco-guercif.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/morocco-guercif.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/morocco-guercif.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/morocco-guercif.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12874,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/morocco-predator-oil-gas-receives-900000-loan-for-expansion-of-the-mou-1-testing-programme-mou-3-long-lead-drilling-items\/","url_meta":{"origin":13768,"position":3},"title":"MOROCCO: Predator Oil &#038; Gas Receives \u00a3900,000 loan for Expansion of the MOU-1 testing programme &#038; MOU-3 long-lead drilling items","author":"","date":"November 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Highlights\u00a0 \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Commencement of MOU-2 drilling currently projected for\u00a0mid-December 2022\u00a0 \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0All remaining well inventory and drilling materials on way to Morocco\u00a0 \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Exercise of options and Directors' loan will provide aggregate additional net funds of\u00a0\u00a31,256,880\u00a0for the expansion of the MOU-1 testing programme and the placing of orders for MOU-3 long-lead drilling items\u00a0\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\/10\/Morocco-Predator-Oil-Gas.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Morocco-Predator-Oil-Gas.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Morocco-Predator-Oil-Gas.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Morocco-Predator-Oil-Gas.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Morocco-Predator-Oil-Gas.jpg?fit=1200%2C830&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9900,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/predator-oil-and-gas-provides-guercif-mou-1-drilling-programme\/","url_meta":{"origin":13768,"position":4},"title":"Predator Oil and Gas Provides Guercif MOU-1 drilling programme","author":"","date":"February 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Guercif MOU-1 drilling programme \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Operational planning for the MOU-1 well in the Guercif Petroleum Agreement area has commenced and is on schedule.\u00a0 \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0MOU-1 well pad construction is being prepared for\u00a0April 2021.\u00a0 \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The drilling and well engineering program is being reviewed internally before release for the purposes of third party audit\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13719,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/morocco-star-valley-rig-101-to-commence-drilling-the-mou-3-well\/","url_meta":{"origin":13768,"position":5},"title":"MOROCCO: Star Valley Rig 101 to Commence Drilling the\u00a0MOU-3 well\u00a0","author":"","date":"June 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Predator Oil & Gas has announced that the Star Valley Rig 101 will commence drilling the MOU-3 well within the next 24 hours. 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