Sound Energy says drilling rig to arrive at Tendrara TE-8 soon

Shares in Sound Energy are up more than 1% on stating ground works at the Tendrara TE-8 well site, onshore Morocco, are now complete and that the National 110 UE drilling rig will soon be on site.

The Africa- and Europe-focused upstream gas company said rig-up operations were expected to be completed by mid February, allowing drilling of TE-8 to start that month.

At 14:19 GMT, shares in AIM-quoted Sound were up 1.24% to 81.5p.