HORN Update Africa Oil will start new
drilling in Somalia
Posted: 2012-06-05 14:40
AFRICA OIL: The oil company Africa Oil announces that further drilling in the North Shabeel in Puntland, Somalia, has begun. It is the second well the company does in Somalia. The share of the data below.
Africa Oil announces that drilling in the North Shabeel in Puntland, Somalia, has begun, the second well in the current drilling program.
Horn Petroleum, in which Africa Oil owns about 51 percent, is operator.
The planned total depth is 2400 meters and drilling is expected to take 45-60 days.
According to a press release.
Shabeel North-well has a goal of reaching Jesomma-sand from the upper Cretaceous, indicating the strong oil and gas in Shabeel-well 3.5 kilometers to the south.
The share will rise by 8 per cent on Tuesday