Chariot begins second drilling operation on Dartois prospect onshore Morocco

Chariot Limited, the Africa focused transitional energy group, on Monday announced the spudding of OBA-1 well on the Dartois prospect in the Loukos Onshore licence in Morocco, with a best estimate recoverable prospective resources of 12 Bcf.

Success in the drilling operation could potentially unlock a trend of prospects with combined best estimate recoverable prospective resources of 20 Bcf, Chariot Limited said in a statement. For the current independent prospect, Chariot has adopted a different trapping style to the Gaufrette prospect drilled by the RZK-1 well

“We are pleased to be underway with our second well in this drilling campaign, having spud the OBA-1 well within short order of completing operations at Gaufrette,” said Duncan Wallace, Technical Director of Chariot.

“We are now testing an independent prospect at Dartois, which is in a different reservoir fairway and along trend from an existing gas discovery, and we look forward to providing an update on the results in due course,” he added.

The results will be announced on completion of drilling, the company said.

As an Africa focused transitional energy group, Chariot runs three business streams – transitional gas, transitional power and green hydrogen.

While the Transitional Gas unit is focused on high value, low risk gas development projects in Morocco, the Transitional Power unit is focused on providing competitive, sustainable and reliable energy and water solutions across the continent through building, generating and trading renewable power.

Chariot Green Hydrogen meanwhile has partnered with TEH2 (80% owned by TotalEnergies, 20% by the EREN Group) and the Government of Mauritania on the potential development of a 10GW green hydrogen project, Project Nour in Mauritania, and are progressing pilot projects in Morocco.