Second Niger well spuds for Savannah

Savannah Petroleum announced on Tuesday that the second well in its three-well Niger drilling campaign, Amdigh-1, was spudded on 6 May.

The AIM-traded company said Amdigh-1 is located on the R3 portion of the R3/R4 PSC Area in the Agadem Basin, south east Niger.

As with Bushiya-1, it said the well was designed to evaluate potential oil pay in the Eocene Sokor Alternances as the primary target, with the secondary target of potential oil pay in the Eocene Upper Sokor being considered as upside.

Savannah's competent person, CGG Robertson, had assessed total mean unrisked recoverable resources at Amdigh of 39 mmbbls.

Drilling was expected to take between 30 and 35 days, using rig GW-215, with the well design deviated to reach all desired sub-surface objectives.

It was planned to be drilled to a total depth of 2,576 metres.

“The company plans to log all prospective sections within the well, with further logging employed for hydrocarbon bearing sections,” the board explained in its statement.

“In the success case, the well will be suspended for future re-entry and further evaluation, which could include well testing and completion using a dedicated testing/workover rig.”

Savannah’s board said it intended to announce the final well results after the end of drilling and logging operations.