Gulfsands Petroleum has resumed drilling at the Lalla Yetou Updip-1 gas exploration well in Morocco.
The well, which has a targeted vertical depth of around 1,180m, is situated up dip structurally from previous well Lalla Yetou-3 that identified gas-bearing sands.
The company said that the well will identify the estimated Miocene aged sandstone reservoirs contained within a fault bound structural closure identified from 3D seismic data as having the potential to be gas-bearing.
Drilling operations at LTU-1 are anticipated to take around 28 days to complete.
Gulfsands Petroleum CEO Mahdi Sajjad said: "We are very pleased that the company has re-commenced drilling operations in Morocco and we look forward to seeing the results of this next well."
Gulfsands is the operator of a highly prospective portfolio of oil and gas exploration permits including the Moulay Bouchta permit, which encompasses an area of about 2,850km² and is located to the north of the company’s Rharb Sud permit in Morocco.
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By GlobalDataThe company’s major focus is on the Middle East and North Africa, where it has oil exploration and development projects in the Syrian Arab Republic, and oil and gas exploration projects in Tunisia and Morocco.
Gulfsands operates two exploration licences in Colombia and produces oil and gas from a portfolio of properties in the offshore Gulf of Mexico.
Image: Drilling operations at the LTU-1 well are anticipated to take around 28 days to complete. Photo: courtesy of suwatpo/FreeDigitalPhotos.net.
