Aminex PLC, spuds the Kiliwani-1 well on the Nyuni/East Songo-Songo licence offshore Tanzania. The well was spudded at 1830 local time in Tanzania on 15 November.

The well is being operated by Aminex’s wholly-owned subsidiary Ndovu Resources Ltd. on behalf of a five company consortium.

Kiliwani-1 will be drilled from the small island of Kiliwani, approximately one kilometre to the south-east of Songo-Songo Island and accessible from Songo-Songo via a causeway. It is be a directional well with the selected bottom hole location approximately 1,200 metres from the surface location.

Drilled depth is planned to be approximately 2,500 metres and the target location is designed to test Lower Cretaceous sand stones which are the reservoirs at the Songo-Songo producing gas field.

Mobilisation to the well site on Kiliwani Island and rig up, originally estimated to take approximately 2-3 weeks, have been successfully completed in 12 days.

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