Aminex makes gas discovery in Tanzania

Aminex PLC reports a successful result from the drilling of Kiliwani North -1 (“KN-1”), offshore Tanzania in the Nyuni/East Songo-Songo licence area.

KN-1 has intersected a substantial gas column in Lower Cretaceous sandstones, the same reservoir that produces gas commercially in the neighbouring Songo-Songo gas field. Electric logging has been completed and formation pressures taken which confirm the presence of gas over a gross interval of approximately sixty metres. This vertical well was drilled to a depth of 2030 metres (6,687 ft), ahead of schedule.

KN-1 will now be completed as a gas production well pending hook-up for production and a test will be conducted to determine flow capacity and reservoir properties. Further appraisal drilling will be required to define the extent of this discovery.

Preliminary evaluation indicates a gas-water contact approximately 30 metres deeper than at the adjacent Songo-Songo Gas field. This is a positive outcome for the potential of other exploration prospects and leads in the Nyuni licence area. This deeper gas-water contact demonstrates that the KN-1 discovery is in a separate structure to the Songo-Songo field and this further enhances the prospectivity of the remaining leads and prospects within the Nyuni licence.