Aminex will now get busy appraising Kiliwani North-1 in a bid to...

Aminex will now get busy appraising Kiliwani North-1 in a bid to quickly monetize the new find, which carried a pre-drill estimate of 100 bcf. It helps that the field lies close to the Songo Songo field and associated infrastructure, which includes a pipeline to the capital Dar es Salaam. What’s more there are other prospects on the 1,300 sq km Nyuni licence that, if successfully drilled, could mark the beginnings of an interesting cluster development.

These prospects include a possible extension of the Kiliwani North structure, Kiliwani South, which carries a P50 estimate of more than 200 bcf. And further north there are two prospects, to the east and west of the Nyuni-1 well of 2003/4, which together could hold more than 700 bcf of gas. These identified prospects, plus the potential in the new Songo Songo West licence, add up to a busy drilling inventory for the London- and Dublin-listed firm, which has been pushing the East Africa exploration story since 2002.