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Invictus Energy: First to test the Cabora Bassa Basin with the Mzarabani 1 high impact well
30 April 2021
Over the next few years Africa will play host to several High
Impact Wells, all of which if positive have the potential to shift
the E&P landscape.
Figure 1: Africa's High Impact Wells
These wells will test prospects in deeper water than have ever
before been tested (Total's Ondjaba - 1), test basins that have
never been drilled before (Invictus Energy's Mzarabani - 1) or be
the first exploratory well ever drilled in a country (Galp's
Jaca-1). Others are relatively low risk, but if positive may be
transformational for a country (AziNam's Gazania-1) and others may
extend prolific super plays (Dana Gas' Thuraya-1).
The Mzarabani 1 well from Invictus Energy will target
structurally trapped gas in a 200-sq-km closure of the Mzarabani
anticline which runs along the southern margin of the basin. The
well's primary target will be in the Upper Triassic Angwa Formation
with potential multi Tcf of gas in place. This relatively low-cost
exploration well is strategically positioned to supply into
Southern African market.
Just before starting an infill 2D seismic campaign to position the
well, Invictus Energy's Founder and Managing Director, Scott
Macmillan talks IHS Markit's Cyril Ruchonnet, Associate Director
for African Regional Research, through this potential play and
basin opener.
