Corcel plc found “significant” water production with oil shows and nominal oil saturation levels from clean-up operations using nitrogen at the TO-14 well within the Tobias field, onshore Angola. DATA Partner and operator Sonangol has now completed initial well test efforts at the well while engineering work continues. Nitrogen shortages in Luanda have prompted […]
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Tobias-14 penetrates entire Binga reservoir
Corcel plc’s second well in Angola has penetrated the entire Binga reservoir section, of an approximately 80-metre column, with potential pay zones in multiple intervals. MOVEABLE FLUIDS Operator Sonangol drilled Tobias-14 to a total depth of 781m and close to TO-4, as an offset well from the “best historic producer” in the original Tobias field. […]
Corcel JV spuds Tobias-14 in Kwanza
Corcel plc’s consortium partner has spud the Tobias 14 well on the onshore KNON-11 block in the Kwanza basin, onshore Angola. PRODUCTION TO-14 follows drilling of TO-13 which earlier this month encountered “potentially productive zones in multiple intervals” throughout the Binga reservoir. A well testing programme for both wells will begin after operator Sonangol reaches total […]
Tobias-13 shows potentially ‘significant’ productive zones
The Tobias-13 well has encountered “several potentially productive zones in multiple intervals” in the Kwanza basin, Angola. BINGA RESERVOIR Corcel plc’s joint venture and operator Sonangol (80%) drilled at a downdip location from historic production to the planned depth of 958.5 metres, penetrating the entire Binga reservoir section of a circa 120m column. Results indicate […]
Tobias-13 well spuds in brownfield block KON-11
Corcel plc’s partner yesterday began drilling the Tobias-13 oil well in block KON-11 in the Kwanza basin, onshore Angola. DATA Subject to the first well’s results, the workplan for KON-11 includes one or more new wells with the main aim of early production. On positive drilling results, the geological and geophysical data will be […]
Corcel acquires first oil and gas project
Corcel plc has acquired its first oil and gas asset with 90% ownership of Atlas Petroleum Exploration Worldwide Ltd (Apex) in the Kwanza basin, onshore Angola. ASSETS The acquisition also sees executive chairman James Parsons return to familiar commodities, having started his career in oil and gas with Royal Dutch Shell in Brazil. Apex, with headquarters […]