OPL 226 activity history24 Jun 2020 22:33
Historically, only five wells have been drilled on OPL 226 by previous operators including: (i) Noa- 1 drilled by Solgas in 2001 – oil and gas discovery; (ii) Oyoma-1 (1972) – oil and gas discovery; (iii) Dubagbene-1 (1972) – oil discovery; (iv) Nduri-1 (1973) – gas discovery; and (v) HJ South-1 (1973) – gas discovery.
The Noa-1 discovery well, drilled in 2001, encountered fine to medium-grained sandstones of the Agbada Formation that is trapped by a counter-regional (antithetic) fault. The Noa-1 discovery well encountered a thick sand in the 6100 foot stratigraphic zone that has 7.0 m of gas net pay and 18.7 m of oil net pay. Three additional gas-bearing sands (3600, 4900 and 5500 foot sands) were also encountered (uphole) in the Noa-1 well.
OPL 226 is situated around and adjacent to Oil Mining License 83 in which the undeveloped Anyala oil and gas field is located. The Anyala field was discovered in 1972 and lies at the crest of northwest to southeast trending anticline plunging to the northwest and southeast onto OPL 226. First Exploration & Petroleum Development Co. Limited holds a 40% interest in the licenses and is the operator of the asset. The NNPC holds the remaining 60% interest. The project will be developed with an existing FPSO and is designed to add up to 50,000 bbls/d and 120 MMcf/d with first oil scheduled for late 2019.
Two wells drilled in 1972, Oyoma-1 and Dubagbene-1 discovered oil and gas on the northwest plunge of the Anyala Anticline just a couple of months after the Anyala-1 discovery well was drilled, while Noa-1 discovered oil and gas on the southeast plunge on OPL 226 in 2001.
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