Chariot interview19 Jan 2022 10:53
Morning all,
No coincidence that our Coo, Lonny Baumgardner twitted about exciting times in Morocco.
The interview with french news outlet Le360 was centred around Chariots recent announcement, however Guercif got a mention in the interview.
“The boss of the National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM) assured that Morocco has a strategy to counter the end of the supply of Algerian natural gas via the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline. Amina Benkhadra also confirmed the importance of the discovery of gas off Larache, by the British firm Chariot.
“We have a strategy to deal with the closure, since October 31, of the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline and we are working on this project which will allow us to ensure security in terms of electricity supply from various power stations in Moroccan production,” said Amina Benkhadra, in an interview with Le360.
The official also indicated that the gas pipeline, which has become the property of the Moroccan state, "remains, until today, technically subject to constant maintenance".
The Director General of ONHYM also dwelled on the recent discoveries of gas in the Anchois-2 deposit in Larache, granted under the Lixus Offshore permit, and in the Guercif site, near Taza.
The production of natural gas from the Larache field will start at the end of 2024, she confirmed. Gas from Larache could be used to produce electricity, by supplying power plants in Kenitra, Mohammedia or Tahaddart and to supply industrialists in the Kenitra area.
During the years 2022 and 2023, many works will be carried out “related to the assessment of gas potential and to simulation studies of geological reservoirs”, underlined Amina Benkhadra.
Other stages will concern, before that of a decision on the value of the investments, “engineering studies including expertise on the environmental impact and the route of the pipes”.
According to the boss of ONHYM, the integration of all the results and their interpretations will make it possible to assess the gas potential to be developed in this area.
Preliminary data from the discovery of the Larache deposit show the “presence of an accumulation of good quality gas at the level of the Anchois-2 well, over a net thickness totaling 100 meters spread over 6 zones, with a thickness varying from 8 30 meters for each of the zones”.
The British firm Chariot announces a major gas discovery off Larache
Drilling work began on December 17, 2021 to reach the final depth of 2,512 meters on December 31, 2021. A few days later, on January 10, Chariot announced “an important discovery” of gas at the Anchois-2 well.
“The production of the Anchois-2 field must supply national gas needs as a priority before selling, if capacity allows, abroad”, explained the director general of ONHYM.
Good quality Gas, in plentiful supply, (Guercif reading between the lines)
AIMHO of course.
GLA.
Wacky.
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