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The Oil Man: SDX Energy, Pantheon Resources

SDX Energy

Heading home and have spotted the announcement from SDX which details a gas discovery at the SAH-2 well on the Sebou permit in Morocco.

This makes a success rate of 5/7 and here the company found 5.2 million of net conventional natural gas pay across two zones in the Guebbas and Hoot formations with a porosity of 33%.

The well came in on prognosis but the reservoir thickness was above pre-drill expectations. The well benefited by being the first time that the company has used downhole directional tools and it penetrated two targets with a single well bore. I hope to add to that after speaking to Paul Welch on my return.

Following my trip to Morocco I certainly came away even more positive about SDX if that was possible, and this news is very encouraging in terms of the plan to increase production to 8-10 million standard cubic feet per day by the end of this year. With costs extremely low and gas prices increasing towards $10 and then $12 the outlook for the company is extremely bright as they move to Lalla Mamouna for two exploration wells.

Pantheon Resources

In the lounge and running out of time I have just seen the Pantheon Resources announcement.

I will cover in much more detail on Monday when I have spoken to Jay but I am highly encouraged by the news.

Clearly, there are some mixed messages, but at the 5 well it looks very promising and they appear to be getting to the bottom of the seemingly endless operational problems at VIBM#1.

Over at the 4 well the sidetrack has been non-commercial but they may re-enter with a horizontal lateral. News that two separate US groups have approached them to explore possibilities in the Wilcox is very promising indeed. More on Monday when I return home and speak to Jay…

Malcolm Graham-Wood is an independent oil industry expert and freelance contributor, not a direct employee of Interactive Investor.

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