Project Profile
Location: Chotts Basin, Central Tunisia
Reserves: 330 million barrels
Area: 3,032 km²
Water depth: 2,200 m
The Fawar permit covers an area of approximately 3,032 km² in Central Tunisia in the Chotts Basin. The eastern limit of the permit is situated 55 km from the Mediterranean coastal town of Gabes and about 300 km southwest of Tunis City.
The Permit is surrounded by several proven and producing fields, for example El Franig & Sabria to the south west (1,750 bblsd & 8 mmcfd & 1,000 bblsd respectively), Baguel in the south (2.2 mmcfd) and Elbibane, Ezzaoui & Robbana in the east with 1100, 1000 & 550 bblsd respectively.
In the east of the Fawar permit itself two wildcat wells (CF-1 and CF-2) were drilled in 1950’s by SEREPT and small gas inflows were reported from the wells at the Jurassic and Cretaceous levels. The LMG-1 well drilled by MOL in 1994, also inside the permit, was tested oil bearing in the Jurassic Upper Nara formation. Two hydrocarbon related plants are situated to the southeast and east of the permit. In addition, the oil and gas pipelines from El Franig and Sabria fields pass by the Fawar permit at about 10-15 km distance. Dominion Energy is scheduled to drill its first exploration wells in the permit in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Operators:
Dominion Energy Plc: Operator with 100% interest