{"id":5499,"date":"2016-12-19T08:09:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T08:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=5499"},"modified":"2017-01-24T12:42:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T12:42:19","slug":"ntorya-2-drilling-operations-commence-spudding-expected-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/ntorya-2-drilling-operations-commence-spudding-expected-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ntorya-2 drilling operations commence, spudding expected soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aminex plc, operator of the Ruvuma PSA in Tanzania, has advised that the Caroil-2 rig has been formally accepted on contract following inspection by an independent surveyor and that Ntorya-2 drilling operations commenced over the weekend.\u00a0\u00a0 Spudding of the Ntorya-2 appraisal well is expected in the next few days.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Ntorya-2 well is planned to be drilled to an estimated total depth of 2,860 metres and is targeting the same sandstone channel complex as found at Ntorya-1, but located further up-dip.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The well location is approximately 1,500-metre southwest from the Ntorya-1 discovery which (as reported in June 2012) flowed gas at 20 million standard cubic feet per day, with 139 barrels of associated condensate, from a 3.5-metre sandstone interval on test.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Aminex plc has 75% interest while Solo Oil has a 25% operating interest in the Ruvuma PSA and in the Ntorya-2 well.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aminex plc, operator of the Ruvuma PSA in Tanzania, has advised that the Caroil-2 rig has been formally accepted on contract following inspection by an independent surveyor and that Ntorya-2 … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4619,"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":[11],"tags":[4554,1696,4372,1787,2211,2342,2466],"class_list":["post-5499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-aminex-plc","tag-natural-gas","tag-ntorya-2","tag-ntorya-1","tag-ruvuma-psa","tag-solo-oil","tag-tanzania","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Ntorya-123-location.png?fit=452%2C329&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1qH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5506,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/aminex-announces-spudding-of-ntorya-2-in-tanzania\/","url_meta":{"origin":5499,"position":0},"title":"Aminex Announces Spudding of Ntorya-2 in Tanzania","author":"","date":"December 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Aminex has announced that it has commenced drilling the Ntorya 2 appraisal well in the Ruvuma Basin, Tanzania. 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