Botswana: Strata-X to drill in January

Denver, Colorado-based Strata-X Energy has received official approval for its environmental management plan (EMP) for a planned coalbed methane (CBM) drilling programme of up to 20 wells. With approval of the EMP, the company said it could now move forward with a planned two-well drilling campaign on its Serowe project in the Kalahari Basin, which has a prospective resource of 3.3tcf. ASX-listed Strata-X said it would finalise contractors in mid-December and drilling was planned to start in late January.