Drilling starts on Tembo-1 well in Mozambique

East-Africa-focused oil and gas firm Wentworth Resources has announced the commencement of drilling on the Tembo-1 well in the Rovuma onshore concession in northern Mozambique.

The company has an 11.59% net interest in the well, which is targeting mid-Cretaceous sands with secondary targets in the upper Jurassic.

Anadarko operates the Tembo-1 well, which has a planned total depth of 4,250m. Drilling operations are anticipated to take around 60 to 90 days to complete.

Wentworth said that to date there have been two wells drilled in the Rovuma onshore concession including the Mocimboa-1 well, which encountered oil and natural gas shows in the Cretaceous. The Mocimboa-1 well is situated around 17km to the northeast of the Tembo-1 well.

Wentworth Resources managing director Geoff Bury said that the Tembo-1 well is designed to test Cretaceous and Jurassic sands in the onshore area of the Rovuma Basin in northern Mozambique, and is the first of two wells that the company will be participating in over the next six months at the concession.

"The Tembo prospect is one of the larger prospects (on pre-drill estimates) to be drilled to date in the onshore Rovuma Basin region of East Africa," Bury added.

"It is a high impact frontier well and, if successful, could add significant new oil or natural gas resources for Wentworth and open up an entirely new play fairway."

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Image: Drilling operations on the Tembo-1 well are anticipated to take about 60 to 90 days to complete. Photo: courtesy of suwatpo/FreeDigitalPhotos.net.