(Ecofin Agency) - Circle Oil plc, has carried out a test on a flow of 8 million standard cubic feet of gas on the primary Main Hoot target of the exploration well Ksiri West-a (KSR-A) on the onshore Sebou permit.

The British oil and gas company announced the result in an update, on 13 October, on this well in which prospective areas for gas have been identified.

Main Hoot was perforated in the interval between 1817.9 and 1826.7 m in the Ksiri West-A well, which has a total depth of 1890 m, on 19 September, we learn. "The flow rates achieved during the test are within the upper range of our expectations and the well now will be tied to our existing infrastructure and put into production as soon as possible", commented Mitch Flegg, CEO of the company listed in London.

The British company, with extensive activities in North Africa, owns 75% of the pipeline which will be tied back to the well linking Sebou to the industrial area of Kenitra which is ready for production. 

Following the success on Ksiri West-A, the company reports having relocated the rig to drill the Caid El Gaddari (CGD-13) well, to reach a level of 867m. The primary target is a reservoir at 780 metres within the Gaddari Sud exploitation concession with high gas potential, near the south-western margin of the Sebou permit.

Circle Oil Plc owns 75%, through its subsidiary Circle Oil Maroc Ltd, the Sebou permit covering 134 km2 in the Rharb basin, against 25% for the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM).