Ophir Energy comes up dry off Tanzania

Ophir Energy comes up dry off Tanzania

LONDON -- Ophir Energy has completed the drilling of  Tende-1 and Mkuki-1 well off Tanzania and encountered no hydrocarbons.

The Tende-1 well was drilled in East Pande by the Deepsea Metro I drillship, in a water depth of 781 m, to a total depth of 4,153 m, targeting the Cretaceous-aged Tende prospect.

Although gas traces were encountered in the upper strata of the primary objective, wireline logs confirmed that no moveable hydrocarbons were present in this prospect.

In the secondary Tikiti objective, the Tende-1 well encountered a gas bearing sandstone. The company will evaluate the wider impact of this find as it integrates the well results into its understanding of the remaining prospects in the East Pande block.

Following the Tende-1 well, the Deepsea Metro I drillship moved to Block 7, where the Mkuki-1 well was drilled to a total depth of 3,204m.

The well targeted a Tertiary-aged stratigraphic prospect located in water depths of 1,648 m and encountered a high quality sandstone sequence, but no hydrocarbons were present.