rise15 Oct 2012 17:02
South African oil and gas company SacOil looks set to see its share price rocket with the discovery of Africa’s largest onshore oil deposit.
Total F&P RDC, the operator of Block III, Albertine Graben in the Democratic Republic of Congo has successfully conducted an airborne gravity and magnetic survey on the northern part of the Block III area located outside the Virunga National Park.
Total has announced several acquisitions in the Lake Albertine region over the past two years amounting to investments of more than $1.5 billion.
A senior spokesman from Total Exploration and Production has previously commented that the size of the discoveries indicates a large scale development may be possible. Plateau production could exceed 300,000 barrels per day, depending on the results of the future drilling programme.
Independent SacOil holds a 12.5 per cent interest in Block III and a senior analyst has already commented that SacOil shares are completely undervalued. “At this point its share price has the potential of doubling many times as it moves up the value curve.”
Confirmed reports have indicated that Block III could be considered as the largest oil discovery in the Albertine Graben area.
Over the past few years, several big players in the oil industry have drilled exploration/appraisal wells in the immediate surrounding areas and made 39 discoveries. Conservative estimates are in excess of a whopping three billion barrels for Block III.