Oil and gas company Tower Resources has started conducting a site survey for a well in the Thali block offshore Cameroon.
Illustration: Geoquip Investigator vessel – Image source: Geoquip Group
Tower said on Tuesday that the Geoquip Marine survey vessel MV Investigator arrived at the proposed site for the Njom-3 well, and was conducting the site survey.
The work will comprise three boreholes, each with cone penetration testing (continuous PCPT), and is a necessary prerequisite to drilling the Njom-3 well. The company added that the vessel would complete the boreholes in a few days.
Analysis of the data and preparation of final reports will take a little longer but should allow Tower to move to more concrete scheduling of the Njom-3 well later in February. Tower signed a contract with Geoquip for the survey back in November 2019 .
It is worth reminding that the company was awarded a one-year extension to the initial period of the exploration phase on the Thali license last month .
The initial period of the exploration phase was extended up to one year from its expiration date – September 15, 2019.
At the time, Tower said it requested the extension for the purpose of completing the Njom-3 well, currently in process on the Njonji structure. The company was also granted a further exceptional one-year extension to the initial period of the exploration phase on Thali.
As for the rig that would be drilling the Njom-3 well, Tower decided to change the rig in August 2019 . Namely, it released Vantage’s Topaz Driller jack-up in favor of the COSL Seeker.
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