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This TPP, in turn, will eventually deliver electric-
ity to South Africa via a 563-km transmission
line.
bna/IntelliNews, March 14 2022
Armed groups threaten

workers at West Kordofan
oilfields, workers say

Oilfield workers in the Balila area of Sudan’s West
Kordofan state told Radio Dabanga earlier this
week that an armed group had targeted their
work sites.
According to a report broadcast on Tuesday
(March 15), the workers said that members of
a militia group demanded all personnel leave
the fields immediately. They did not identify the
group but said that some of the armed men had to the central processing facility via the existing The NOC aims to develop the capacity to pro-
distributed leaflets urging the workers to flee SD-4X flow-line and should be on production by duce green hydrogen and its derivatives through
with their families or risk being killed. the end of June 2022. water electrolysis in line with the country’s
They also told the radio station that they were SD-5X is the first of three wells to be drilled energy transition strategy.
continuing with normal operations at the oil- in the South Disouq area in 2022. The second bna/IntelliNews, March 10 2022
fields in spite of the risk of further attacks. well in the campaign will be the SD-12_East well
Similar incidents were reported at the nearby on the Sobhi Field, planned to be spudded in Kinetiko starts gas flow
Balila and Azrag oilfields on March 13. Both of mid-April.
these fields are close to Neem, another oil deposit SD-12_East will target an estimated gross test at Korhaan-4 well in
in West Kordofan. unrisked P50 EUR of 7 bcf (198 mcm), and will
Sudan’s Oil Minister Mekkawi Mohamed be followed by the MA-1X well targeting an esti- South Africa
Awad travelled to West Kordofan the following mated gross unrisked P50 EUR of 21 bcf (595
day to investigate reports of armed activity near mcm), which is planned to spud mid-to-late Perth-based exploration company Kinetiko
the Heglig and Balila oilfields, Radio Dabanga May. Energy on March 8 announced the start of gas
noted. bna/IntelliNews, March 14 2022 flow testing at the Korhaan-4 well in Amersfoort,
bna/IntelliNews, March 16 2022 South Africa. This is the first of three flow tests
Sonangol to work with from a recently completed three-well drilling
programme.
German companies to to the communications systems to a downhole
PROJECTS & COMPANIES Following severe electrical storm damage
SDX Energy spuds SD-5X develop strategy for green pump, replacement parts were successfully
shipped, and repairs completed, Kinetiko said.
exploration well in South hydrogen plant Korhaan-4 well and de-watering of the well has
The repaired pump has now been run into the
Disouq development lease Angola’s national oil company (NOC) Sonangol started. Flow rates to test gas have been sensed
has teamed up with two German firms to explore through the entire production section of around
in Egypt its options for the construction of a green hydro- 313 metres in Korhaan-4.
Kinetiko plans to optimise gas production
gen plant.
MENA-focused SDX Energy has announced Sonangol unveiled its plans on Thursday by undertaking sophisticated completions, cas-
the spudding of the SD-5X exploration well, tar- (March 10), saying it had signed an agreement ing the production section and perforating only
geting the Warda prospect in the South Disouq with Conjuncta GmbH and Gauff GmbH & Co. the most gassy zones to reduce water ingress
development lease in Egypt. Engineering Kg on the development of a strategy in the next stage of well development, which is
SD-5X was spudded on March 4, 2022, and for launching green hydrogen production. expected to increase gas flow rates further, said
is expected to reach total depth in approxi- It reported that Conjuncta and Gauff had the statement.
mately three weeks. The primary target, which agreed to help draw up plans for the construction Kinetiko has also said in recent weeks it had
has already been encountered in the Ibn Yunus of a facility capable of producing green hydro- moved closer to the completion of material
and Sobhi field reservoirs, is the basal Kafr El gen but did not divulge any further details of the agreements with a major South African insti-
Sheikh sand at around 6,800 feet (2,591 metres) agreement. tution for funding to develop a new field. It is
total virtual depth. The well is targeting an esti- According to the NOC, this collaboration also closer to completing offtake arrangements
mated gross unrisked P50 EUR of 11bn cubic will complement the conceptual and engineer- with Vutomi Energy for the first production of
feet (311mn cubic metres) and has a 40% chance ing studies that Sonangol’s Research and Devel- gas from the Korhaan wells for a gas-to-power
of success, the company said in a press release. opment Centre has carried out in an attempt to project.
In the event of success, SD-5X will be tied-in select a location for the plant. bna/IntelliNews, March 10 2022

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