Maha Energy awards Oman drilling contract

Maha Energy awards Oman drilling contract

Swedish based international upstream energy firm Maha Energy has signed a Letter of Award (LOA) with Global Business Services (GBS) in Muscat for the drilling of a minimum of six wells on Block 70 onshore Oman.

The LOA precedes a drilling contract, which is expected to be finalised in the near future. The Drilling Rig, GBS-1 (formerly OGI-4) is a 1,000 hp super single top drive rig, built in 2010 and is currently located in the Sultanate of Oman.

The rig will be prepared for the campaign and expected mobilisation is in June 2022. The drilling programme will consist of two appraisal wells followed by four horizontal pilot production wells on the Mafraq structure.

Jonas Lindvall, CEO at Maha, commented: “We are very excited about working with GBS on this project. The GBS-1 rig is an ideal drilling rig for this project since it can move very quickly between well sites. We are also very excited about breaking ground on the Mafraq field and look forward with anticipation to the preliminary results of the pilot well tests.”

Immediate plans for the Mafraq oilfield include obtaining important reservoir information to assist in developing a full Field Development Plan. Information that will be acquired in the