SDX Energy has announced a gas discovery with the second well in a nine-well drilling programme on the Sebou, Gharb Centre and Lalla Mimouna permits. The KSR-15 well on the Sebou permit was drilled to a total depth of 1,774 metres and encountered 17.2 metres of gas reservoir section across four intervals. The average porosity of the primary target, the Hoot sand, was 29%, which is the highest recorded for the Hoot sand in the basin.