Invictus finds strong gas compounds in drill

By Business Reporter | Dec. 5, 2023

As previously reported, the second drill site, Mukuyu-2, was identified after previous machine breakdowns last December, forced Invictus to abandon its drilling efforts at its first identified drilling site, Mukuyu-1.

AUSTRALIAN energy firm, Invictus Energy Limited, says it has identified a strong presence of methane, ethane, propane, butanes and pentanes consistent with its Mukuyu-2 drill site original wellbore in Muzarabani, 300km north of Harare.

This comes after the firm recovered hydrocarbons at its second drill site in northeast of Zimbabwe, indicating further natural gas and oil deposits.

“Since the last update, controlled drilling of the sidetrack well recommenced in the 8½’ hole section and the well has reached 2 987 metres measured depth (mMD) towards the base of the Upper Angwa formation,” the company said yesterday.

“Multiple zones with elevated mud gas and fluorescence were encountered and strong gas shows have been observed with marked increases from C1 to C5 compounds (methane, ethane, propane, butanes and pentanes) consistent with the Mukuyu-2 original wellbore.”

Invictus’s Exalo Rig 202 will drill ahead towards the sidetrack section “total depth” at approximately 3 400mMD through the remaining Upper and Lower Angwa reservoirs, where multiple hydrocarbon bearing zones were intersected in Mukuyu-2.

“Following the conclusion of the drilling of the 8½ inch hole section, the sidetrack well will be logged including wireline formation testing and final results provided,” the company said.

“The completion of the sidetrack will also allow for the well to be suspended for future flow testing through running the seven-inch liner over this interval and retain the ability to drill, evaluate and test the remaining portion of the Lower Angwa in six-inch hole in future operations, where over pressured gas bearing reservoirs were encountered in the original Mukuyu-2 wellbore.”