{"id":7299,"date":"2018-12-17T13:47:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T13:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=7299"},"modified":"2018-12-17T13:47:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T13:47:53","slug":"sakson-awarded-contract-drill-chikumbi-1-well-tanzanias-ruvuma-psa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/sakson-awarded-contract-drill-chikumbi-1-well-tanzanias-ruvuma-psa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sakson Awarded Contract to Drill the Chikumbi-1 Well in Tanzania\u2019s Ruvuma PSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aminex has advanced drilling and seismic programmes over the Ruvuma PSA acreage while it progresses satisfaction of conditions required to close out a farm-out agreement signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2BocnPc\">Zubair Group<\/a> in early July 2018 according to its latest update.<br \/>\nThe Company has finalised the<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2rFQ6b3\"> Chikumbi-1<\/a> executive drilling and completions programmes, has identified and selected the service companies required to operate all aspects of drilling and, based on a competitive tender process, has selected Sakson Drilling and Oil Services DMCC to drill the Chikumbi-1 well. The Company has also identified and designed an approximately 220 km2 3D seismic programme over the Ntorya development area. Further, Aminex says it has signed a conditional rig sharing agreement with Heritage Oil Limited in Tanzania in order to reduce mobilisation\/demobilisation costs for both parties. Pending the successful completion of the Farm-out, Aminex will be fully carried through to production, which will include the drilling of multiple wells, seismic acquisition and construction of associated infrastructure.<br \/>\nThe Chikumbi-1 well is located within the Mtwara Licence of the Ruvuma PSA, in Southern Tanzania, approximately 4 km west of the successful 2017 Ntorya-2 appraisal well, in the onshore portion of the Ruvuma Basin.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7161 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Chikumbi-1.png?resize=353%2C461&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Chikumbi-1.png?w=353&amp;ssl=1 353w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Chikumbi-1.png?resize=77%2C100&amp;ssl=1 77w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Chikumbi-1.png?resize=230%2C300&amp;ssl=1 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/>Chikumbi-1, which will be drilled to a total true vertical depth of 3,485m, will fulfil one of two remaining exploration commitment wells and, upon success, is intended to be completed as a producing well in a future development programme.<br \/>\nThe well will have two primary targets: to further delineate the Ntorya Gas Field (which is projected to encounter stratigraphically trapped Albian aged reservoirs, approximately 120 meters up-dip from Ntorya-2 and approximately 195 meters up-dip from the Ntorya-1 discovery well) and to test a deeper, stratigraphically trapped Late Jurassic Exploration target.An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders will be held to approve the Farm-out on 4th January 2019.RPS Energy Consultants has independently assigned the Albian aged Ntorya Gas Field a mean un-risked GIIP (Gas Initially in Place) of 1.87 TCF, with total combined gross 2C Resources of 763 BCF, and has additionally assigned 936 BCF of 2U Resources (previously equivalent to &#8216;Best Estimate&#8217; Prospective Resource) to the Jurassic aged Chikumbi prospect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aminex has advanced drilling and seismic programmes over the Ruvuma PSA acreage while it progresses satisfaction of conditions required to close out a farm-out agreement signed with the Zubair Group &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/sakson-awarded-contract-drill-chikumbi-1-well-tanzanias-ruvuma-psa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":6830,"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":[137,6853,7036,4606,4372,6877,7037],"class_list":["post-7299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-aminex","tag-chikumbi-1","tag-heritage-oil-limited-ruvuma-psa","tag-mtwara-licence","tag-ntorya-2","tag-sakson-drilling-and-oil-services-dmcc","tag-zubair","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Aminex-Presentation.jpg?fit=954%2C594&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-1TJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7160,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tanzania-chikumbi-1-well-drilling-nears-rig-bids-tendering-complete\/","url_meta":{"origin":7299,"position":0},"title":"Tanzania Chikumbi 1 Well Drilling Nears As Rig Bids Tendering Complete","author":"","date":"August 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The tendering process for a rig to drill\u00a0Chikumbi-1 (CH-1)\u00a0is now complete according to Aminex with the company having received numerous bids. These bids are being evaluated on their technical and commercial merits. CH-1 which is located up-dip from both the Ntorya-1 discovery well, which tested at rates of up to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top News","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/top-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Chikumbi-1.png?fit=353%2C461&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6934,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/ntorya-3-renamed-chikumbi-1-as-drilling-nears\/","url_meta":{"origin":7299,"position":1},"title":"Ntorya 3 Renamed Chikumbi-1 As Drilling Nears","author":"","date":"April 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The planned Ntorya 3 well in Tanzania\u2019s the Ntorya appraisal area will now be renamed Chikumbi-1 well at the request of the Tanzanian Government according to operator Aminex. 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The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Ndovu Resources Limited, has transferred a 50% interest in, and operatorship of, the Ruvuma PSA to ARA Petroleum Tanzania Limited (APT). 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