{"id":15569,"date":"2026-01-26T09:13:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15569"},"modified":"2026-01-26T09:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T09:13:52","slug":"morocco-sound-energy-provides-tendrara-development-anoual-exploration-permits-operational-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/morocco-sound-energy-provides-tendrara-development-anoual-exploration-permits-operational-update\/","title":{"rendered":"MOROCCO: Sound Energy Provides Tendrara Development, Anoual Exploration Permits Operational Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><br><\/em>Sound Energy\u00a0has announced the following operational update on the\u00a0<strong><em>Tendrara Phase I Production Concession and Anoual Exploration Permits<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tendrara Gas Gathering System Commissioning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further to our announcement of 8 December 2025 regarding commencement of initial commissioning activities for the TE-5 Horst development, the Operator, Mana Energy Ltd, has informed the Company that both wells (TE-6 and TE-7) have now been successfully and safely flowed to commission and their respective parts of the Gas Gathering System (GGS) tested.&nbsp; The wellheads of these wells are approximately 2 km apart. The GGS consists of the wellheads, flowlines, choke valves, heat exchangers, liquid drop-out vessels and flares, so it is a major milestone to have this section of the surface facilities completed and tested in full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tendrara Gas Fired Power Generation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tendrara site has nine high-performance engines, designed to meet the operational power requirements of the site. These consist of seven 2,260 kVA gas engines and two 1,600 kVA diesel engines, all of which have been integrated into containerised systems, ensuring an uninterrupted energy supply in extreme desert conditions of up to 47 degrees Celsius. In the coming weeks, the gas-fired generators will be commissioned and tested using natural gas from one of the Tendrara Phase 1 development wells (following the separation of liquids), potentially displacing more costly diesel which will have the benefit of reducing operating costs and Scope 1 emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Anoual Exploration Permits Extension<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Company has also reported that the Minister for Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, and the Minister of the Economy and Finance have approved an extension to the Company&#8217;s Anoual Exploration Permits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Anoual Exploration Permits\u00a0cover 8,873 km2\u00a0in Eastern Morocco in which the Company holds a 27.5% non-operating interest, Morocco&#8217;s Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) holds a 25% non-operating interest, and the remaining 47.5% interest is held by the Operator, Mana Energy Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result of these amendments the Complementary Period of the Exploration Permits has been extended to 7 September 2028 with a firm work programme commitment to drill one exploration well with a primary Triassic objective. In the event of the exploration well being successful the Operator has the option to elect to acquire a 150 km2&nbsp;3D seismic dataset and drill an additional exploration well targeting the Triassic interval. Entry into the Complementary Period required relinquishing a portion of the area covered by the Exploration Permits such that the retained area covers 5,031 km2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Company anticipates that the operator, Mana Energy,&nbsp;will fulfil its firm commitment to drill the M5 exploration well, with Sound Energy&#8217;s share of M5 well drilling costs being capped at US$2.57 million. This will be carried out by Managem S.A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sound Energy\u00a0has announced the following operational update on the\u00a0Tendrara Phase I Production Concession and Anoual Exploration Permits. Tendrara Gas Gathering System Commissioning Further to our announcement of 8 December 2025 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/morocco-sound-energy-provides-tendrara-development-anoual-exploration-permits-operational-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14287,"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":[7755,12350,12351,12352,1629,9372,7689,12353],"class_list":["post-15569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-anoual","tag-mana-energy","tag-managem-s-a","tag-minister-for-energy-transition-and-sustainable-development","tag-morocco","tag-onhym","tag-sound-energy","tag-tendrara-phase-1","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Morocco-Tendrara.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-437","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12558,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/morocco-sound-energy-provides-phase-2-development-financing-launch-of-tendrara-farm-out-process\/","url_meta":{"origin":15569,"position":0},"title":"MOROCCO: Sound Energy Provides Phase 2 Development Financing &#038; Launch of Tendrara Farm-Out Process","author":"","date":"August 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Phase 2 Development Financing and Farm-Out Update\u00a0 As announced on 23 June 2022, the Company mandated Attijariwafa bank, a Moroccan multinational bank and one of the leading banks in Morocco, to arrange a long-term project senior debt facility of up to c.US$250 million for the partial financing of the currently\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\/06\/Morocco-Tendrara.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Morocco-Tendrara.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Morocco-Tendrara.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Morocco-Tendrara.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Morocco-Tendrara.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10436,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/morocco-sound-energy-increases-participating-interests-in-the-anoual-greater-tendrara-exploration-permits\/","url_meta":{"origin":15569,"position":1},"title":"MOROCCO: Sound Energy Increases Participating Interests in the Anoual &#038; Greater Tendrara Exploration Permits","author":"","date":"June 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Sound Energy has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Schlumberger Holdings II Limited to acquire the entire issued share capital of Schlumberger Silk Route Services Limited. 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