Chad: Drilling planned

Regalis Petroleum is preparing to drill a well on the Serem prospect on the DOA Block in the Doba Basin. Lead subsurface engineer Michael McPhail told Global Pacific & Partners’ Africa Independents Forum on 27 May that the prospect, a four-way dip closure identified on 2D seismic, was comparable to the adjacent Mangara field being developed by Glencore Xstrata, which bought Caracal Energy last year. McPhail said Serem had a recoverable resource estimate of over 100m barrels, and oil could be exported via the Mangara export pipeline.