RE: Morocco 1972 well14 May 2020 17:06
An off-set well, GRF-1 drilled in 1972 before the acquisition of the 2003 ONAREP seismic, less than 1.5 kilometres to the south-east of the edge of the seismic amplitude anomaly, had minor dry gas shows in the Tertiary. The previous operator, TransAtlantic Petroleum, re-evaluated in 2006 the wire line logs from GRF-1 and interpreted gas pays between 1,860 and 1,960 meters below ground level in the basal Tertiary section. No corresponding gas shows were seen on mud logs when the well was originally drilled and the well has never been tested to determine whether this interval is indeed gas-bearing.
Two micro-seepage surveys carried out for TransAtlantic by Geo-Microbial Technologies in 2006 and 2007 also identified dry gas around the GRF-1 well in soil samples.
Small volumes of gas could potentially be utilised for the domestic gas market if additional transport infrastructure was added, but larger volumes require gas-to-power and export options.