Tlou Energy has announced the startup of gas testing program from the Selemo 1 pilot well in Botswana. The well which is situated at the company’s Lesedi CBM Project has commenced gas testing with the aim of providing proof of a workable gas production rate attainable from the field and develop the first wells flowing commercial rates of gas in the country.

With the gas testing in progress and the two new wells on each side of Selemo 1 are positively guarding water from the central and main producing well. Initial outcomes at the Selemo 1 well have been reassuring having accomplished long periods of constant gas flow in line with expectations and maintained estimated flows. Incremental pressure drops are currently being performed and the data will be integrated into field development plans, as part of current off-take agreement discussions and towards the first independent gas reserve authorization in Botswana.

“We are pleased to report that initial gas flows are very encouraging and mark an important step towards our goal to demonstrate sustained gas production from Lesedi. Moreover, this data will provide further confidence to strategic off-takers whom we are currently in advanced discussions with regard to gas supplies,” Gabaake Gabaake, Tlou’s acting Managing Director told Energy-pedia.

He added that so far, exploration and development has been dedicated to a specific area of Lesedi, being the Selemo pilot well.  The data gotten from sustained gas flows at Selemo will be beneficial to the company as demand for domestic power continues to increase and as the best advanced gas project in the country, Tlou is well positioned to exploit the demand. 

Anita Fatunji