Predator Oil & Gas to test gas sands in Moroccan appraisal
Predator Oil & Gas Holdings PLC will perform rigless tests on multiple gas sands based on petrophysical analysis of log data from the MOU-4 well in the Guercif license onshore Morocco.
The well is part of Predator’s targeting of shallow (Tertiary) and deep (Triassic) gas (OGJ Online, July 5, 2023). Wireline log analysis and reservoir characterization of the well show 64 m of likely gas sands, including some shallow sands that were not previously considered to be potential drilling targets, that will form the primary gas sand objectives in a rigless testing program.
The intervals of interest include 519-713 m TVD MD with 50 m of likely gas sands, including the M1 sands; 778-879 m TVD MD with 12 m of likely gas sands, including the Moulouya fan and Lower Fan; and 1,139-1,143 m TVD MD with 2 m of likely gas reservoir with 19.9% (maximum 20.6%) average porosity and 56% (maximum 73%) average gas saturation, including the top of the Jurassic carbonates.
The culmination of the Jurassic carbonate target lies 2.6 km southeast of the MOU-4 well and is significantly higher than found at the MOU-4 well. A positive rigless test result in this zone, therefore, would help to de-risk the larger Jurassic structural closure in respect to reservoir development and migration of gas. These were two of the most significant pre-drill exploration risks.
Predator is operator at Guercif (75%) with state oil company ONHYM holding the remaining 25%.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
