Duo hit gas at Hassi Mouina
Algeria's state-owned energy group Sonatrach said today it had hit gas - its
first hydrocarbon discovery this year - in Block 321B.
Block 321b lies in the Hassi Mouina perimeter, near Timimoun, about 800
kilometres south-west of Algiers, and tests showed a flow rate of 2515 cubic
metres of gas per hour, it said in a statement posted on its website.
Sonatrach and Norway's StatoilHydro are working together at the block.
"This result confirms the gas potential of this perimeter where
exploration works carried out since 2006 by the association have allowed to
make two discoveries in 2007," the statement said.
Meanwhile, StatoilHydro said that it has proven and tested gas in Lower
Carboniferous and Upper Devonian sandstones.
“This is the fourth discovery in the Hassi Mouina license, and the encouraging
results from the first four wells have given us valuable information about
the resource potential in the block,” says Bill Maloney, senior vice
president for global exploration.
The rig has been moved to the next location also situated in the southern part
of the Hassi Mouina license, where the fifth well – TNKW-1 – is being
drilled.
Further exploration drilling is needed in order to confirm the full potential
in the licence.
The Hassi Mouina licence was awarded in June 2004. It comprises four blocks
within a 23,000 square kilometre area in the Gourara basin.
The area is located in the Western Sahara in Algeria, north-west of the In
Salah gas field.
StatoilHydro has a 75% interest in Hassi Mouina. Partner Sonatrach has 25%.
25 March 2008 16:04 GMT
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26 March 2008 13:01 GMT
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