Chariot Oil & Gas, an oil and gas exploration company, has announced the appointment of David Brecknock as drilling manager for the scheduled Anchois gas appraisal well drilling within the Lixus licence offshore Morocco.
The drilling campaign’s goals, according to the company, are to further evaluate the Anchois gas field’s resource volumes to unlock the initial development, provide a future producer well location, and potentially drill additional prospective sands to establish a larger resource base for longer-term growth.
With over 20 years of international experience obtained with Enterprise, Shell, BG, Devon, Perenco, Ophir, and heading Chariot’s drilling in Namibia in 2018, David Brecknock has substantial knowledge with high-profile deepwater offshore drilling.
The acting CEO of Chariot, Adonis Pouroulis, said: “I am delighted to welcome David back to the company. He played a pivotal role in Chariot’s previous drilling campaign in Namibia, which was operated safely, on time and under budget, and we expect him to play a similarly important part in our exciting Anchois gas appraisal well. We look forward to keeping the market up to speed over the coming months as we get closer to drilling.”
ABOUT THE ANCHOIS DISCOVERY
Chariot completed the reprocessing of 3D seismic data over the Lixus licence, which includes the Anchois discovery, in September 2020. The company said at the time that the upgraded audited total remaining recoverable resources were over 1 Tcf, a 148% increase, with 361 Bcf 2C contingent resources and 690 2U prospective resources.
Subsea production wells are connected to a subsea manifold, from which a subsea flowline and umbilical connect the field to an onshore central processing facility, where gas is processed before being delivered into the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline via an onshore gas flowline.
The Lixus licence off the coast of Morocco includes around 2,390 square kilometres, with sea depths ranging from the coast to 850 metres. Chariot owns a 75% stake in Lixus and operates it in collaboration with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM), which owns the remaining 25%.
