Project Profile
Value: US$150 million
Location: Pelagian Basin east of the North-South Axis
Area: 420 sq km
Start-up Year: 2014
The Bouhajla Block is found in the western portion of the Pelagian Basin east of the North-South Axis, and there are approximately 275 line km of 2D seismic of various vintages that lie within the block boundary and from this data a number of structures have been identified at the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Abiod level including faulted anticlines, salt diapirs, and tilted fault blocks. The Abiod formation is a fractured chalk with significant flow capacity. The eastern boundary of the 416 km Bouhajla Block lies 7 km west of the prolific Sidi el Kilani field. The Sidi el Kilani is a well-documented faulted anticline that has produced approximately 47 million barrels of light gravity crude oil (41 degrees API) from six producing wells in the Abiod formation. The production rates of up to 9,300 barrels of oil per day have been observed in an individual wellbore at Sidi el Kilani.
Operators:
DualEx Energy: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
Tunisienne de Forage: Drilling contractor