Botswana: Tlou starts CBM production drilling


Issue 379 - 26 Oct 2018 | 1 minute read

Tlou Energy has begun production drilling operations at the Lesedi coal bed methane (CBM) project. The first pilot well, Lesedi 3P, spudded on 16 October. Tlou will drill the wells as dual lateral pods, comprising a single vertical production well intersected by two lateral wells. This will be followed by production testing with the potential to convert a significant portion of gas resources to firm reserves and to deliver gas to a proposed central processing facility and power station nearby.Production start-up from the pilot wells is targeted for early 2019.

Tagged with:

Pin Power, Resources

Pin Botswana

Want to read more?

Subscribe to African Energy

View subscription options

Don't have an account?

Register for access to our free content

An account also allows you to view selected free articles, set up news alerts, search our African Energy Live Data power projects database and view project locations on our interactive map

Register