According to our trusted sources, DNO Tunisia, will start the spud at the Sfax offshore exploration permit this weekend, further details coming very soon.
The 1.0-million-acre Sfax Offshore Exploration Permit is located within a hydrocarbon fairway that trends from offshore Libya, through the Gulf of Gabes, to onshore Tunisia and includes several major oil and gas fields. The Sfax permit is bordered by producing oil and natural gas fields to the west, north and east, including the 330-million-barrel Ashtart oil field adjacent to the southeast boundary. Over the past 40 years, previous operators drilled and flow-tested oil from three separate structures on the Sfax permit at daily equivalent rates of 600, 1,200 and 1,800 barrels of oil per day. At that time, the operators considered these structures sub-economic and the wells were abandoned.
The 1.0-million-acre Sfax Offshore Exploration Permit is located within a hydrocarbon fairway that trends from offshore Libya, through the Gulf of Gabes, to onshore Tunisia and includes several major oil and gas fields. The Sfax permit is bordered by producing oil and natural gas fields to the west, north and east, including the 330-million-barrel Ashtart oil field adjacent to the southeast boundary. Over the past 40 years, previous operators drilled and flow-tested oil from three separate structures on the Sfax permit at daily equivalent rates of 600, 1,200 and 1,800 barrels of oil per day. At that time, the operators considered these structures sub-economic and the wells were abandoned.
