Predator Oil & Gas Holdings plc said that evidence from the drilled MOU-1 well supported a pre-drill geological interpretation for a deep gas “kitchen” in Guercif, northern Morocco.
BUSINESS STRUCTURE
Predator (75%) operates Guercif in joint venture with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) acting on behalf of the Moroccan state (25%).
Predator, based in Jersey, holds permits I, II, III and IV, located in the Guercif Basin.
INITIAL RESULTS
With drilling at MOU-1 now completed, Predator said that formation gas shows were recorded in a shallow sand at 605m measured depth (MD) comprising 2.35% or 19,392 ppm C1 methane.
Total background, exclusively dry gas, increased from 0.6% to 1.7% (5,232 to 13,800 ppm C1) down to 1,159m MD. Formation gas shows of 1.8% and 3.8% (13,355 to 36,035 ppm C1) were encountered while drilling this section.
Below 1,159m in the lower Guebbas and Hoot (using the stratigraphic nomenclature of the Rharb Basin ) total background gas was from 0.7% to 1.5% (5,000 to 11,996 ppm C1) but with traces of heavier gases C2, C3 and C4.
Formation gas shows of up to 1.67% (13,643 ppm total gases) were also recorded.
WIRELINE LOGS
Wireline logs were run from 724 to 1487.4m MD over the interval with gas shows.
Predator said that detailed interpretation was needed to take into account borehole conditions caused by borehole enlargement where washouts have occurred in the open hole section.
The company added that good gas shows in MOU-1, with evidence of thermogenic gas migration, supported in this part of the Guercif Basin the pre-drill geological interpretation for a deep gas “kitchen” connected to shallower reservoirs by large faults.
PROGRAMME
Predator proposes drilling later this year the previously defined MOU-4 location northeast of MOU-1.
It will also commission an environmental impact assessment (EIA) over the prospective area around MOU-4 which will also incorporate the existing EIA.