Maroc exploration du Gaz/pétrole lourd

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voila ce qui clarifie l´installation de Chevron tant polemiquée..3 new licenses offshore

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Tuesday, 22 January 2013 - 17:54
Chevron Signs Petroleum Deals in Offshore Morocco

  By Saabira Chaudhuri


Chevron Corp. (CVX) has signed petroleum agreements related to three offshore areas in Morocco, a push to expand its footprint in frontier basins.

The oil and gas company has signed the agreements with Morocco's Office National Des Hydrocarbures Et Des Mines which, once awarded, will allow Chevron to acquire seismic data and conduct studies in deepwater areas known as Cap Rhir Deep, Cap Cantin Deep and Cap Walidia Deep located between 60 miles and 120 miles west and northwest of Agadir, Morocco. The areas encompass about 11,300 square miles with average water depths ranging from between 330 feet to 14,700 feet.

"This is an opportunity for Chevron to expand its already strong presence in the region and allows us to acquire further knowledge about promising geology in an emerging area," said Ali Moshiri, president of Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Co.

Chevron has a 75% working interest in the three areas, with the Office National Des Hydrocarbures Et Des Mines holding the remaining 25%.

Chevron and other large oil and gas producers have been suffering the impact of a shaky global economy on oil and gas prices. In November, Chevron reported its third-quarter earnings fell 33%, missing expectations as its oil and gas production was disrupted by maintenance, legal issues and storms, and a refinery fire in California caused a sharp drop in fuel sales.

Earlier this month, the second-largest U.S. oil company by market value said it expects its fourth-quarter profit to rise compared with the previous quarter, benefiting from gains on assets and increased U.S. and international production.

Last month, Chevron said its Australian unit made two more natural-gas discoveries in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin, a hydrocarbon basin offshore western Australia.

Shares edged down by 55 cents to $114.69 in recent trading. The stock has risen 7.3% in the past 12 months.

WSJ

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Chevron Signs Agreement for Exploration Areas Offshore Morocco
Acreage expands Chevron’s footprint offshore Africa

SAN RAMON, Calif., January 22, 2013 – Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) announced that its subsidiary, Chevron Morocco Exploration Ltd,  signed petroleum agreements with Morocco's Office National Des Hydrocarbures Et Des Mines for three offshore areas.

"We look forward to participating in exploration activities in Morocco, which provides Chevron an opportunity to advance our growth strategy in frontier basins," said George Kirkland, vice chairman, Chevron Corporation.

Once awarded, Chevron will acquire seismic data and conduct studies in deepwater areas known as Cap Rhir Deep, Cap Cantin Deep and Cap Walidia Deep located between 60 and 120 miles (100 to 200 kilometers) west and northwest of Agadir, Morocco. The areas encompass approximately 11,300 square miles (29,200 square kilometers) with average water depths ranging from between 330 feet to 14,700 feet (100 meters to 4500 meters).

Ali Moshiri, president, Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company, said, "This is an opportunity for Chevron to expand its already strong presence in the region and allows us to acquire further knowledge about promising geology in an emerging area."

Chevron Morocco Exploration Ltd has a 75 percent working interest in the three areas, with the Office National Des Hydrocarbures Et Des Mines holding the remaining 25 percent.

http://www.chevron.com/chevron/pressreleases/article/01222013_chevronsignsagreementforexplorationareasoffshoremorocco.news

3ala barakaT'illah

Malheureusement leur communiqué ressemble plus à du blabla d'investisseur déçu qu'à autres chose. J’espère que la "stimulation" dont il parle n'est pas de la fracturation hydraulique... enfin attendons pour voir...

Il faut attendre le rapport des experts indépendants

Sound Energy a arrêté de posté des vidéos du TE-8 depuis 5 jours ?!!

Le forage est terminer maintenant ils font des test d'echantillon. On en saura plus vers la mi avril pour le forage te 8 ils vont reforer te 1. Leur bilan est mitigé ça ils disent que maintenant il y'a entre 3 a 9 tcf "unrisked" sois entre 100 a 300 milliards m3. Attendons la fin des test ça m'a l'air un peu flou franchement

Après une semaine d'attente, une nouvelle vidéo du TE-8 :


Apparemment les travaux sont toujours en cours !!

Socket-error a écrit:

Après une semaine d'attente, une nouvelle vidéo du TE-8 :


Apparemment les travaux sont toujours en cours !!

c'est daté 25 Mars

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Sound Energy - Watch unlocking the Moroccan Promise

Socket-error a écrit:

Après une semaine d'attente, une nouvelle vidéo du TE-8 :


Apparemment les travaux sont toujours en cours !!

Ils ont l'air tres actif sur la video

Nouvelle vidéo du TE-8 ce jour, les travaux sont loin d'être finis :

Sur le site TE 8, sound energy est en train de démonter la plateforme de forage pour certainement la transférer et reprendre le forage sur le puits TE 1 qui avait été foré puis abandonné en 1966 par la sté italinenne agip. Avec les nouvelles technologies il est possible que cet ancien puits, ue fois approfondi, puisse s'avérer positif

Il n'y a pas eu de flamme sur le TE-8, on dirait que le résultat n'était pas bon avec des quantités non commercialisables ?!!

Sound energy déplace la plateforme de forge du puits TE8 vers sidi mokhtar (région de chichaoua) où elle vient de racheter 75% du permis d'exploration. Elle va reprendre le forage des deux puits qui avaient déjà donné des résultats de gaz pour avoir une idée plus précise du potentiel commercial.

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Sound Energy

Sound has mobilised its Saipem rig from TE-8 and it is now on its way to drill Sidi Moktar which those with a long memory will remember Longreach for. Initially the rig will re-enter and test the two Kechoula discoveries and may side-track if it looks interesting. With the farm-out having been left behind Sound feels that it can use its strong financial position to retain its 75% WI and participate in any upside from the well. This strategy appears, well, sound as the Sidi Moktar licences expire on 28 August this year and with any luck the results should enable the company to renew for another eight year period.

https://oilvoice.com/Opinion/3875/Oil-price-SDX-Energy-Sound-Energy-Independent-Resources-And-finally

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25 April 2017
SDX ENERGY INC
(“SDX” or the “Company”)
MOROCCO OPERATIONS UPDATE
SDX Energy Inc. (TSXV, AIM: SDX), the North Africa focused oil and gas company, is pleased to provide
an update on its Moroccan activities.

Lalla Mimouna
The Lalla Mimouna Nord and Sud permits, covering an area of over 2211 km2 located in the Rharb
Basin, are being extended until March 2018. The drilling campaign remains on schedule for two
exploration wells in the second half of 2017.

Sebou
At Sebou, a 135km2 concession located in the Rharb Basin, extensions have been granted for the
following producing concessions:

 Gueddari NW to 2 February 2019
 Gueddari Sud to 18 January 2020
 Sidi Al Harati SW to 20 September 2023
 Ksiri Central to 18 January 2025

The Sebou exploration permit is being renewed for eight years, with SDX committing to drilling three
exploration wells within the first four-year period. SDX plans to drill two of the exploration wells
towards this commitment in 2017 in addition to the three wells slated to be drilled in the Ksiri
producing concession later this year. These planned wells are all close to existing infrastructure and
can be put on production quickly.

The process of granting the awards and concession extensions named above, are subject to the final
standard customary approvals by the Moroccan authority. This is the normal administrative
procedure in country

http://www.sdxenergy.com/~/media/Files/S/Seadragon-Corp/press-release/press-release-2017/SDX%20Energy%20-%20Morocco%20Operations%20Update%20Final%2024%20April%202017.pdf

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Sound Energy Plc a annoncé, mardi, avoir signé un accord non contraignant avec le français Schlumberger Ltd pour une extension de leur partenariat dans les projets Tendrara et Meridja. Selon les termes de l’accord, Schlumberger bénéficiera d’un intérêt de 27,5% dans les zones de Tendrara et Meridja laissées à l’abandon à Sound Energy par le marocain Oil & Gas Investment Fund (OGIF).

En échange, Schlumberger investira 27,2 millions d’euros dans l’exécution d’un programme complet de prospection géophysique sur ces zones. Il convient de souligner que cet investissement couvrira sa quote-part dans les projets. Le programme devrait durer 12 mois.

« Nous sommes ravis de la conclusion de cet accord. L'extension de l'accord de gestion de terrain approfondira notre relation stratégique avec Schlumberger, qui partagera la vision de l'entreprise, du potentiel gazier de l'Est du Maroc et participera au financement du développement des projets. Cela nous permettra d'accélérer notre exploration de la région.», a déclaré James Parsons (photo), le CEO de Sound Energy.

Le 29 décembre 2015, Sound Energy a signé un accord de gestion de champ avec Schlumberger pour le gaz de Tendrara. Selon l’accord, le groupe français assurera une part importante des dépenses en capital relatives aux trois premiers puits d’évaluation dans la licence et participera à sa mise en valeur. Schlumberger devrait aussi fournir des services techniques intégrés, des équipements et du personnel.

Olivier de Souza

la présentation :http://www.soundenergyplc.com/media/1494/se-ip-q2-apr25-17d.pdf

Sound Energy relance l'exploration à sidi mokhtar (région de chichaoua) :

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Sound Energy plc
("Sound Energy" or the "Company")

Sidi Moktar : Rig Arrival and Work programme

Sound Energy, the African and European focused upstream gas company, is pleased to announce that the SAIPEM rig has now arrived at the Company's Sidi Moktar asset, onshore Morocco ahead of the re-entry and testing of the Lower and Middle Jurassic in two existing wells on the Kechoula discovery.

The Sidi Moktar licences ("Sidi Moktar") cover 2,700 square kilometres in the Essaouira basin, central Morocco and contain an existing gas discovery in the Lower Liassic ("Kechoula") and significant pre-salt potential. Sidi Moktar is close to existing infrastructure and gas demand, including the large scale Moroccan state owned OCP Phosphate plant.

The two wells to be re-entered and tested by the Company, Koba-1 and Kamar-1, have already been drilled at Kechoula by previous operators and have been estimated to have an unrisked mid case original gas in place ("GOIP") in the Lower Liassic reservoir of 293 Bscf (gross). The Company notes the quantitive assesment prepared by a previous operator in 1998 which referred to exploration potential of the Sidi Moktar licences of up to 9 Tcf unrisked GOIP (gross) in the TAGI and Paleozoic. The Company will require the reprocessing of existing 2D seismic, acquisition of new 2D seismic and drilling results before forming its own volume estimates for the exploration potential of the Sidi Moktar licences.

In the near term, the Company plans to complete a 2 stage workover of the two wells, which will include:

· Completion, perforation and testing of the Lower Liassic in Koba-1, with possible additional testing of the Argovian - all expected to commence before the end of May 2017
· Completion, perforation and testing of the Lower Liassic in Kamar-1, with a possible additional testing of the Dogger - all expected to start mid-June 2017

Should the wells deliver a commercial flow rate, the Company will complete an Extended Well Test and assuming a successful test, target first commercial gas to the domestic market, around the end of 2017.


James Parsons, the Company's Chief Executive, commented:

"Sidi Moktar represents one of many exciting opportunities for operational success to add material value to our business in the near future.

The Sidi Moktar licences are estimated to have significant pre-Jurassic exploration potential from the TAGI and Paleozoic, similar to our Tendrara licence in Eastern Morocco, reinforcing our strategy of identifying opportunities that can bring near term benefit to Sound Energy and can be progressed quickly from an infrastructural perspective.

We continue to believe that Morocco is an exciting hydrocarbon province with significant upside for Sound, and look forward to updating the market on progress in due course."

On parle désormais de Sidek Mokhtar, mais que c'est il passé à Tandrara déjà !!!?

Ils doivent forer a disi mokhtar pour prouver le potentiel de 9 tcf car leur droit sur la licence se termine au moi d'aout puis ils retourneront a tendrara

Les reserves de gaz au puit te 8 ont ete reevaluer a 1 tcf siis le double des estimations d autre forage suivront apres etudes sismique 1 tcf =28 milliards m3

Et pour tout le gisements de tendrara?

Un communiqué de Sound Energy fait le point aujourd'hui sur le permis de tendrara :

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Sound Energy plc
("Sound Energy" or the "Company")

Eastern Morocco: Final TE-8 Results and Revised Estimates

Sound Energy, the African and European focused upstream gas company, recently completed the drilling of its third well at Tendrara in Eastern Morocco, TE-8, achieving Target Depth at 3,120 metres. The Company is pleased to report the results of the well, which have now been finalised and agreed with the Company's Strategic Partner.

TE-8 was drilled some 359 metres into the Paleozoic and identified the full series of Westphalian sandstones (between 2,762 metres through to 3,120 metres), which are one of the producing horizons in neighbouring Algeria. The sandstones are confirmed to lie in a separate pressure regime to the overlying TAGI play in a large tilted fault block beneath the TE-5 horst and the Lakbir High. Gas shows were encountered over this interval and subsequent petrophysical analysis suggests that these sandstones may be permeable and likely to be producible with mechanical stimulation. Further wells targeting the Paleozoic on the Tendrara permit are being planned, but are not likely to be drilled prior to the completion of reprocessing of existing 3D seismic, which is currently underway.

TE-8 also penetrated 114 metres of TAGI I reservoir (approximately twice the thickness of the TAGI I reservoir encountered in wells on the TE-5 horst) with gas shows. The TAGI sands encountered by TE-8 are also confirmed to be at the same reservoir pressure as the previous wells on the TE-5 horst (TE-5, TE-6 and TE-7).

Sedimentologically, the TAGI at the specific TE-8 location was however found to be much finer grained than any of the previous wells and cemented with carbonate, anhydrite and halite. Following evaluation of the cores and liquid samples, the Company believes that the TAGI reservoir is in a transition zone with a Gas Water Contact circa 1,350 metres sub-sea level, inferred from TE-6 well data.

Based on these final TE-8 results, the Company has now reassessed its internal volumetric estimates within the area of the Tendrara 3D seismic, and is pleased to report an increase of the Company's internal preliminary volume estimates over the Tendrara greater TE-5 horst and Lakbir and TE-4 highs to a total of 1.03 Tcf (gross), consisting of a mid-case 0.63 Tcf of Gas Originally in Place ("GOIP") (gross) on the TE-5 horst and an additional 0.4 Tcf unrisked GOIP (gross) over the Lakbir High and the TE-4 high up-dip of the well. Prior to the drilling of TE-8 the Company had internally estimated GOIP over the TE-5 horst of between 0.3 Tcf and 0.5 Tcf (gross).

Final Investment Decision ("FID") on the initial development of the estimated 0.63 Tcf GOIP over the TE-5 horst is planned for end of 2017. A competent persons report will be conducted pre-FID.
Additional upside is possible, but will be subject to the following work programme which will aim to delineate the distribution of good quality reservoir facies, the timing of cementation versus gas charge and the interpretation of gas versus brine versus tight rock on the reprocessed 3D seismic.
As announced on 17 May 2017, the SAIPEM rig used to drill TE-8 has now arrived on site at Sidi Moktar in Western Morocco. Following completion of operations at Sidi Moktar, the rig will return to Eastern Morocco. Three further operations are under evaluation to further develop the TAGI in Eastern Morocco during Q4 2017:

· Re-entry of TE-5 to mechanically stimulate and seek to prove additional volumes in the TAGI II reservoir;

· A crestal well into the TE-4 horst with the aim of proving additional volume; and

· A down flank well on the TE-5 horst to target a possible deeper gas-water contact

The Company also continues with its recently initiated Eastern Moroccan seismic programme, which is hoped will ultimately lead to the identification of significant additional volumes in areas not previously surveyed to the north-east and up-dip of the Lakbir High, and to the west on a series of structural highs, predominantly over the Tendrara Licence area.

The Company advises that the pressure recovery at the Company's second well in Eastern Morocco, TE-7, post the recent Extended Well Test continues. Final results of the pressure build up and the interference test at TE-5 and TE-6 are expected during July 2017.

This announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

James Parsons, the Company's Chief Executive, commented:

"I am delighted to confirm our third well in Eastern Morocco as the definitive Paleozoic play opener with thick Westphalian sands which should be producible across the region.
Despite a relatively tight TAGI reservoir, the confirmation of the Gas Water Contact at 1,350 metres has enabled the Company to double its internal TAGI estimates and materially increase first phase development volumes.

We eagerly look forward to commencing the 2D exploration seismic programme in August and continuing operations in Eastern Morocco once we have finished at Sidi Moktar.

In the meantime, we are focused entirely on the rapidly approaching results at Badile and Sidi Moktar."

Pour confirmer le potentiel ils vont faire d autre forage et des etudes sismiques apres avoir terminer les forages a sidi mokhtar

(Agence Ecofin) - Au Maroc, Sound Energy, entreprise spécialisée dans l’exploration de gaz au Maroc et en Italie, a achevé le forage du puits TE-8 sur la licence Tendrara, située dans l’Est du Maroc.

La profondeur mesurée du forage est de 3 120 mètres et la plateforme a pénétré la formation du paléozoïque, sur environ 359 mètres. Elle y a rencontré la série complète de grès westphalien, entre 2 762 mètres et 3 120 m. C’est l’un des compartiments les plus productifs du côté de l’Algérie voisine.

Des flux de gaz ont été interceptés dans cet intervalle et les analyses des propriétés physiques qui ont suivi, ont révélé un réservoir de grès assez perméable, susceptible d’être productif avec une stimulation mécanique.

Le forage du puits TE-8 a également permis d’atteindre 114 mètres dans le TAGI. A ce niveau, les résultats ont montré que le réservoir rencontré est deux fois plus épais que celui rencontré dans le puits TE-5.

La société estime, à partir des flux détectés, que sur TE-8, la pression est la même que sur TE-5 et TE-6. A partir de ces résultats, Sound Energy a annoncé une amélioration des ressources en présence.

La décision finale d’investissement sur Tendrara devrait être prise en fin d’année et la production démarrera, en 2019. D’autres mises à jour seront bientôt fournies, pour informer sur le développement des activités.

Olivier de Souza