The British oil and gas exploration company, Sound Energy, announced that drilling operations have begun in preparation for the start of gas extraction at the TE-6 and TE-7 wells in the Tendrara concession. This latest development advances plans to put the liquefied natural gas plant, currently under construction, into production.
Sound Energy is preparing new operations in Tendrara. Indeed, after having started the preparatory work last December with the installation of production packers with a wired unit on the two sites of the TE-6 and TE-7 wells in this concession in the east of the Kingdom, the gas company London-based Morocco-based upstream will now replace the existing tubes with new corrosion-resistant tubes using the Star Valley Rig 101 drilling rig, scheduled to arrive early this month of June.
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Work will also include replacing well Christmas trees with ones with corrosion-resistant components, in preparation for long-term gas production at a micro-liquefied natural gas plant being constructed on site. and whose entry into service is scheduled for the end of the first quarter of 2025.
This liquefaction plant, located near the Tendrara deposit, will cost $127 million and will process the raw gas extracted from the TE-5 well, so that it can then be liquefied and marketed by the Afriquia Gaz group.
As a reminder, the British oil and gas exploration company signed two contracts for the marketing of gas extracted from the TE-5 well with the private company Afriquia Gaz and ONEE. Sound Energy will thus be able to supply the subsidiary of the Afriquia Group from 2025 and, by 2027, the two power plants of the public group ONEE, thanks to the reserves of the Tendrara deposit estimated at 10 billion cubic meters.
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In the meantime, like the TE-5 well, Sound Energy hopes to successfully finalize the drilling of the TE-6 and TE-7 wells and then process the raw gas extracted from them in this micro-liquefied natural gas plant.
The British company currently holds a 75% stake in the gas drilling permit, while the Moroccan National Office of Hydrocarbons and Minerals (ONHYM) holds the remaining 25%.
