Dominion Petroleum has successfully spudded a test well in block EA4B of the Lake Edward Basin in Uganda.
The Ngaji-1 well will be drilled to a targeted depth of 2,000m and should be completed by July 2010.
Dominion Petroleum chief executive Andrew Cochran said that if the well is encouraging in terms of geology it will acquire additional seismic testing before the year end to support a much expanded exploration and appraisal drilling programme, which will begin early next year.
Subsequent appraisal work will include an environmental and social impact assessment and more drilling in 2011.
