专注于非洲的过渡能源集团 Chariot Limited (AIM: CHAR) 欣然宣布，Stena Forth 钻井船已抵达现场，位于摩洛哥近海 Lixus Offshore 许可区的 Anchois 天然气项目的 Anchois East 井（现名为“Anchois-3”）的钻井作业已开始（Energean 45%、Operator、Chariot 30%、ONHYM 25%）。

- Anchois-3 钻探和流量测试作业预计耗时约两个月，预计 Chariot 将完全承担钻探活动的全部预期成本
- Anchois-3 是一口多目标井，具有不同的作业阶段：

导孔
- 将钻一个初始导孔，主要目的是评估 Anchois 底板勘探区的潜力，该勘探区位于主油田东部未钻探的断层块中，在主要 O 砂目标中拥有 2U 预期资源估计值 1700 亿立方英尺主

孔
- 然后将钻一条侧线以相交并进一步评估 Anchois 油田已发现的气砂，目前 2C 或有资源估计值 6370 亿立方英尺，位于油田主要断层块的东部。随后，将钻探更深的 Anchois North Flank 勘探区，该勘探区拥有额外的 2U 预期资源量估计值，为 2130 亿立方英尺，同时还将降低附近 Anchois South Flank 勘探区的风险，后者拥有 2U 预期资源量估计值，为 3720 亿立方英尺

流量测试
- 随后将对选定的气砂岩进行井流量测试，以评估储层和井产能

未来生产井
- 该井将暂停开采，以便将其用作潜在的未来生产井

Chariot 首席执行官 Adonis Pouroulis 评论道：
“我们很高兴能够在 Anchois 气田开始开采这口备受期待的井。我们看到了导孔和主孔目标中预期资源的巨大上升潜力和价值，这可能会将资源基础增加到 1 万亿立方英尺以上，我们期待着成功后尽快做出最终投资决策。我要感谢团队迄今为止在规划、物流和井设计要求方面所做的所有努力，我们期待着在本次活动的运营阶段取得进一步进展时提供更多更新。”

Chariot Limited (AIM: CHAR), the Africa focused transitional energy group, is pleased to announce that the Stena Forth drillship has arrived on location and drilling operations have commenced on the Anchois East well (now named "Anchois-3") at the Anchois gas project in the Lixus Offshore licence, offshore Morocco (Energean 45%, Operator, Chariot 30%, ONHYM 25%).

- Anchois-3 drilling and flow testing operations are expected to take approximately two months, with Chariot expected to be fully carried for the anticipated costs of the drilling campaign
- Anchois-3 is a multi-objective well with distinct operational phases:

Pilot Hole
- An initial pilot hole will be drilled with the main objective to evaluate the potential of the Anchois Footwall prospect, located in an undrilled fault block to the east of the main field, which has a 2U Prospective Resource estimate of 170 Bcf in the main O Sand target

Main Hole
- A side-track will then be drilled to intersect and further evaluate the discovered gas sands in the Anchois field, with a current 2C Contingent Resource estimate of 637 Bcf, in the eastern part of the main fault block of the field. The deeper Anchois North Flank prospect will then be drilled, which has additional 2U Prospective Resource estimate of 213 Bcf and which will also de-risk the nearby Anchois South Flank prospect with a 2U Prospective Resource estimate of 372 Bcf

Flow Test
- Well flow testing will then be performed on selected encountered gas sands to evaluate reservoir and well productivity

Future Production Well
- The well will be suspended to enable it to be used as a potential future producer

Adonis Pouroulis, CEO of Chariot, commented:
"We are very pleased to commence this highly anticipated well at the Anchois gas field. We see significant upside potential and value from the prospective resources in the pilot hole and main hole targets which could increase the resource base to over 1Tcf and we look forward, on success, to moving towards a Final Investment Decision as quickly as possible. I'd like to thank the team for all their hard work across the planning, logistics and well design requirements to date and we look forward to providing further updates as we progress through the operational phases of this campaign."