Gulfsands Petroleum restarts drilling on Rharb scheme in Morocco

20th Jun 2014 07:53

Gulfsands Petroleum said it had restarted drilling on its Rharb project in northern Morocco.The group, which has activities in Syria, Morocco, Tunisia, Colombia and the US, said it had begun drilling the Lalla Yetou Updip-1 gas exploration well.It said the well would evaluate predicted Miocene aged sandstone reservoirs contained within a fault-bound structural closure identified from 3D seismic data as having the potential to be gas bearing.The company expects to complete drilling operations within 28 days.Chief Executive Mahdi Sajjad said: "We are very pleased that the company has re-commenced drilling operations in Morocco and we look forward to seeing the results of this next well."PW