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The latter is the site where TotalEnergies discov- necessary, it said, adding that QatarEnergy was a
ered massive reserves of light oil in early 2022. non-operating shareholder in both projects and
They also revealed that Shell had encoun- could help bring Shell together with the French
tered hydrocarbons in the shallow layers of major. ™
the well, before reaching the deeper horizons
that constituted its primary target. As such, the
company is now carrying out in-hole flow tests
to determine whether it should treat the find as
a new geological play worthy of further investi-
gation, they said.
The sources did not reveal the exact depth or
thickness of the new discovery or say when test-
ing would be finished. Shell, for its part, has thus
far declined to comment on reports of the find.
The multi-national has been using the
Deepsea Bollsta, a rig owned by Northern
Ocean, to drill Jonker-1. It spudded the well in
mid-December, and it is now continuing to drill
downward toward its primary target, which is
anticipated to be thicker than the shallower find.
Block 2913A is part of Petroleum Explo-
ration Licence 0039 (PEL 0039), which also
includes Block 2914B. Shell holds a 45% interest
in PEL 0039 and serves as operator of the pro-
ject, while the remaining equity is split between
QatarEnergy, with 45%, and state-run Namibia
Petroleum Corp. of Namibia (NAMCOR), with
10%.
It remains to be seen how the partners might
pursue development if Jonker-1 turns out to
be an extension of TotalEnergies’ Venus field,
Upstream Online noted. Unitisation might be Jonker may be an extension of TotalEnergies’ Venus field (Image: Sintana Energy)

Mukuyu-1 wildcat well finds 13

potential oil-, gas-bearing zones

ZIMBABWE INVICTUS Energy’s Mukuyu-1 wildcat well in commented. “Significantly, a combined 225
Zimbabwe has identified 13 potential hydrocar- metres of gross potential hydrocarbon-bearing
bon-bearing zones, a result the ASX-listed com- zones have been identified in the primary tar-
pany said on Monday, January 23, described as get Upper Angwa, which still contains deeper
“virtually unprecedented for the first well in a untested potential.”
frontier basin.” He continued: “This is an outstanding result
The Australia-based junior last year com- and virtually unprecedented for the first well in
pleted the probe and a sidetrack in the Cabora a frontier basin, establishing a new petroleum
Bassa Basin, hitting several downhole challenges province and substantially de-risking the com-
on the way, which meant that hydrocarbons pany’s wider acreage in the Cabora Bassa Basin.”
could not be sampled directly. Macmillan said Invictus was still interpret-
In an update on operations at its 80% owned ing all the data, with results to be integrated
SG 4571 licence in the basin, Invictus’ manag- into the seismic data and basin models to guide
ing director Scott Macmillan said 13 poten- future well locations and exploration prospect
tial hydrocarbon-bearing zones had been selection.
pinpointed in the Pebbly Arkose and Upper Invictus Energy says downhole data indicate
Angwa formations, with deeper potential also all elements (trap, reservoir, source and seal)
thought to exist. exist to justify further exploration.
“The Mukuyu-1 and ST1 drill campaign has Mukuyu, formerly known as Muzarabani, is
been a great success, identifying 13 potential the larger of two structures within Invictus’ orig-
hydrocarbon-bearing zones across the Peb- inal licence area in Zimbabwe. The smaller of the
bly Arkose and Upper Angwa formations,” he two is Msasa. ™

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