(Ecofin Agency) - Sound Energy in its operational update on the Tendrara licence area, onshore Morocco announced that upon the completion of the first Tendrara well (TE-6) on June 6, 2016, it has forged ahead with rigless operations (Coiled tubing, slickline and snubbing activities) on the well.

The TE-6 well was drilled to a measured vertical depth of 2,665 metres and came across about 28 metres of net gas pay in the TAGI reservoir.

According to the European / Mediterranean focused upstream gas company, rigless operations have continued and the outcomes are above expectations.

It added that a substantial steady flow has been achieved, in spite of having only gained access to 18% of the total reservoir so far and no stimulation have been carried out yet.

Upon the completion of the preliminary perforation of 5 metres out of the 28 metres of net pay the well reached a steady flow rate of 1.36 Mmscf/d with a choke of 16/64 inches.

Sound Energy will now move forwards to conclude the remaining rigless operations, to be followed by the announcement of the results which is expected later this month.

“I am absolutely delighted to report what appears to be an early and potentially very material success at the first of our three Strategic Plays. We eagerly await the post stimulation flow rate but I believe the early results of this first well already both prove a material commercial rate at Tendrara and provide significant early clues as to the regional potential of the Eastern Morocco TAGI reservoir,” James Parsons, Sound Energy's Chief Executive Officer, told Energy-pedia.

Anita Fatunji