Circle Oil Successfully Flows Gas from Moroccan Well

Circle Oil has successfully tested LAM-1 natural gas well on the Lalla Mimouna permit, onshore Morocco.

LAM-1, the first well drilled by Circle on the Lalla Mimouna permit, targeted the Miocene gas-bearing sands, similar to the Sebou Permit to the south of Lalla Mimouna.  

“The primary target was perforated at 1,261-1,272 metres and flowed gas at a stabilised rate of 1.9 MMscf/d on a 16/64" choke and the secondary target was perforated at 1,181-1,183 metres MD and flowed at a stabilised rate of 1.1 MMscf/d on a 16/64" choke,” the company said in a statement.

The rig has been mobilised to drill the ANS-2 well, the second well of Circle's drilling campaign on Lalla Mimouna, located on the northern flank of the East-West trending Anasba ridge. 

The Lalla Mimouna permit is a partnership between Circle Oil Maroc Ltd (75 percent) and ONHYM (Office Nationale de Hydrocarbures et des Mines) (25 percent).