Sound Energy, in its recent operational update on the continued positive developments at the Tendrara licence, onshore Morocco, announced that having now encountering a significant portion of the net pay, it has achieved a very significant gas flow rate which is will stabilize during the cleanup process.

According to Sound, the rate is highly commercial and above initial expectations.

Sound Energy is to now move ahead and finalize the rigless operations and make further announcements, within two weeks, Energy-pedia reports.

The Tendrara permit is located in the Figuig Province, North-East Morocco, 120 km from the GME pipeline, connecting Algeria and Morocco to the Spanish / Portuguese gas grids. The permit area, sub-divided into eight blocks, covers a combined area of 14,500 square km.

Sound Energy completed the first Tendrara well (TE-6) on June 6, 2016, and forged ahead with rigless operations which involves 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.

Sound Energy operates the Licence with a 55% working interest alongside OGIF with 20% and ONYHM holds the remaining 25%.

Anita Fatunji