The company is planning to explore for shale gas and coalbed methane in its wholly-owned EPL 0360/12, which covers 346 square kilometres in the Chikhwawa district of southern Malawi.
NuEnergy is aiming to become the first unconventional gas producer in the East African country.
NuEnergy chief executive Chris Newport said on Wednesday the airborne survey was the “first step in the commencement of unconventional gas exploration in Malawi and is expected to confirm the potential of this resource as well as identify high potential targets for exploratory drilling”.
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