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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Invictus Energy has provided an update on its Cabora Bassa Project in Zimbabwe, specifically on the drilling of the Mukuyu-2 well.
Since the last update, Invictus reports that the Exalo Rig 202 has drilled the 17 ½” surface hole section down to a depth of approx. 496m Measured Depth (MD). The 13 3/8-inch casing has been set in place and the blow out preventer (BOP) stack successfully installed, with drilling of the intermediate 12 1/4-inch hole section commenced.
Rig 202 will continue to drill ahead in the 12 1/4-inch intermediate hole section through the Dande and Forest targets to a planned total section depth of approx. 2,040m MD within the Pebbly Arkose formation before running a wireline logging evaluation suite and then setting the 9 5/8-inch casing.
After setting the 9 5/8-inch casing the rig will drill ahead in the 8 1/2-inch hole section through the reminder of the Pebbly Arkose through to the primary targets in the Upper Angwa (Alternations Member) and to the Lower Angwa (Massive Member) to approximately 3,750 meters MD before running a wireline logging evaluation suite.
Mukuyu-2 Well Objectives
• Mukuyu-2 will be drilled to a planned total depth of 3,750 meters. Drilling and evaluation of the well is prognosed to take approx. 50 to 60 days to complete.
• Mukuyu-2 will test the primary target interval, the Triassic Upper Angwa formation, sitting approximately 450m updip from Mukuyu-1 where hydrocarbons were intersected.
• The well will also penetrate multiple additional targets including the Dande (Jurassic-Cretaceous), Forest and Pebbly Arkose (both Triassic) formations, as well as the previously untested Lower Angwa sequence within the Mukuyu anticline in the central horst structure.
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