Following the recent success at the Company's first two Tendrara wells (TE-6 and TE-7), the Company's third well (TE-8) was spud on 19 February 2017. The TE-8 well is a step out appraisal well some 12 kilometres to the Northeast of TE-7 with the objective of proving up significant additional volumes in the TAGI (Trias Argilo-Greseux Inferieur) reservoir whilst also, for the first time, drilling deeper into the Paleozoic formation.
The drilling and logging of the TE-8 main well bore to a true vertical depth ("TVD") of approximately 2975 metres is expected to take approximately 40 to 50 days. Assuming gas is encountered in the main well bore, a further 30 day sidetrack will be drilled to a TVD of approximately 2633 metres to prove a potentially deeper gas contact approximately 900 metres to the north-west.
The Company looks forward to updating shareholders on achievement of each of the three casing points (13 3/8" casing at 450m TVD, 12 ¼" casing at 2070m TVD and 7" casing at 2587mTVD) in the main well bore and achievement of total depth.
