Morocco: Circle Oil drills third well on Lalla Mimouna

Circle Oil is drilling the NFA-1 well on the Lalla Mimouna permit, the third in its drilling campaign on the onshore licence. The first well, LAM-1, flowed gas from two target intervals, while the ANS-2 well encountered only gas shows. The NFA-1 structure in the southern part of the permit is a downthrown location along the north-south trending Menadra fault in the south-eastern area of the 3D survey. The well is targeting two potentially gas-bearing zones in the Miocene sands. “The ANS-2 exploration well has provided important data to help further our understanding of the Lalla Mimouna permit.