{"id":9457,"date":"2020-11-23T18:17:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T18:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=9457"},"modified":"2020-11-23T18:17:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T18:17:17","slug":"tanzania-ara-petroleum-to-commence-contracting-procurement-ahead-of-ntorya-gas-discovery-3d-seismic-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tanzania-ara-petroleum-to-commence-contracting-procurement-ahead-of-ntorya-gas-discovery-3d-seismic-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"TANZANIA: ARA Petroleum to Commence  Contracting &#038; Procurement Ahead of Ntorya Gas Discovery 3D Seismic Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"av\"><span class=\"aw\">APT has notified the joint venture that it intends to commence immediately with the contracting and procurement of services and equipment to execute a 3D seismic programme over the Ntorya gas discovery and the drilling of the Chikumbi-1 appraisal and exploration well. The joint venture is looking to take full advantage of the depressed global market for services to ensure that the programme can\u00a0 deliver maximum impact at the lowest possible cost.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"av\"><span class=\"ax\">3D seismic programme<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"av\"><span class=\"aw\">The joint venture has agreed to a work programme and budget to acquire a 400km<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0full fold (454km<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0surface footprint) 3D survey in the second and third quarter of 2021 to align with the next available operational weather window in\u00a0Tanzania. Currently the seismic database comprises of 2D lines of varying vintages and quality therefore by acquiring and processing a modern 3D seismic survey the joint venture will secure improved subsurface imaging of the project ahead of full field development. The seismic survey design has been updated by APT to optimise the imaging of the original interpretation as well as providing better resolution of upside potential. The alteration of the survey&#8217;s footprint allows for optimisation of the data acquisition without increasing costs to the joint venture. The survey, which will be acquired through a combination of vibroseis and explosive sources to take account for surface topography and to minimise the impact of the survey on the local community, will provide critical technical information in designing the full field development plans for the Ntorya gas discovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"av\"><span class=\"aw\">APT intends to engage immediately in the contracting and procurement of the relevant services to ensure that the survey is acquired in the next available weather window in Q2 2021. This will allow the joint venture to have sight of the early product processed data ahead of the spudding of the Chikumbi-1 well and reliance on the new data set for integration into the development planning for full field development. The acquisition of the 3D seismic is a critical path activity head of the investment decision on full field development and therefore a key determinant in the timeline to first gas. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ax\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"av\"><strong><span class=\"ax\">Chikumbi-1 appraisal and exploration well<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"av\"><span class=\"aw\">In parallel, APT will commence with the contracting and procurement of the services for the Chikumbi-1 well (CH-1). Since assuming the operatorship, APT has reviewed the well design, data acquisition and formation evaluation strategy, completion design and well testing plans for the well. The outcome of the review has been to further integrate the learnings from the previous wells to the design parameters for CH-1, optimisation of the data acquisition plan to better align key objectives and reduce costs, and an update to the well testing design to capture key data for the development including a simplification of the proposed completion programme to optimise testing results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"av\"><span class=\"aw\">With the well now confirmed it provides the basis for contracting the necessary services to execute the programme. APT will now progress with securing the Long Leads Items\u00a0 including the well head and rig. The joint venture will look at the option for an early mobilisation of the rig to Tanzania in order to mitigate against one of the key uncertainties on the timeline to spud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"av\"><span class=\"aw\">Scirocco fully expects a ramp up of drilling preparation activity commencing in early 2021 including the civil works for the well pad in preparation for the arrival of the rig, the securing of LLIs and deployment of services to\u00a0Tanzania\u00a0in anticipation of spud currently scheduled for January 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"av\"><span class=\"aw\">The joint venture now intends to submit a revised gross budget of\u00a0US$22.8 million\u00a0(Scirocco 25% share\u00a0US$5.7 million) to the Tanzanian authorities capturing the updates on planning and execution timetable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"av\"><span class=\"aw\">Tom Reynolds said, &#8220;We are very encouraged by the progress made by the APT team in the short time they have been on licence as operator and the JV is benefitting from the significant work already put in by APT prior to formalisation of the farm-in. We are wholly supportive of the plan and budget put forward by APT and have been impressed by the technical capabilities demonstrated thus far.\u00a0 This update sets out a clear roadmap of intensive operational activity which will better define the potential of what we believe to be a world class discovery in Ntorya.\u00a0 Now with a clear understanding of the programme and associated budget, we can better engage with interested parties regarding our potential sales review, while simultaneously assessing our funding options for our share of the proposed work programme in the event that we remain within the JV through this work programme.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APT has notified the joint venture that it intends to commence immediately with the contracting and procurement of services and equipment to execute a 3D seismic programme over the Ntorya &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tanzania-ara-petroleum-to-commence-contracting-procurement-ahead-of-ntorya-gas-discovery-3d-seismic-programme\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":6255,"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":[7443,11],"tags":[34,6954,6979,1784,8687,2207,8686,2466],"class_list":["post-9457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eastern-africa","category-top-news","tag-3d-seismic","tag-ara-petroleum","tag-chikumbi-1-well","tag-ntorya","tag-ntorya-gas-discovery","tag-ruvuma","tag-scirocco","tag-tanzania","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ntorya-development-license.png?fit=532%2C443&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2sx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10915,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tanzania-africa-geophysical-services-lands-ntorya-seismic-acquisition-contract\/","url_meta":{"origin":9457,"position":0},"title":"TANZANIA: Africa Geophysical Services Lands Ntorya Seismic Acquisition Contract","author":"","date":"September 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Aminex has announced that the Ruvuma joint venture has awarded the seismic acquisition contract to Africa Geophysical Services Limited. 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