Anchois-2 appraisal and exploration well results were recently successfully incorporated into the Independent Assessments on Chariot Limited's (CHAR) gas resources offshore of Morocco. The Anchois Gas Field and additional chosen exploration prospects in the Lixus Offshore Licence ('Lixus') and the neighbouring Rissana Offshore Licence ('Rissana') have been subject to Independent Assessments by Netherland Sewell & Associates Inc. ('NSAI'), with material resource upgrades reported across the portfolio.
These resource upgrades underpin:
- the Company’s decision to fast-track its field development plans;
- the associated exploration programmes to deliver further growth from the portfolio; and
- Chariot’s focus on developing a significant energy resource, prioritising the growing demand
within Morocco’s domestic market, and potentially supplying surplus gas to Europe.
Anchois Gas Field:
- 82% increase in 1C contingent resources from 201 Bcf to 365 Bcf
- 76% increase in 2C contingent resources from 361 Bcf to 637 Bcf
- 49% increase in 2U prospective resources to 754 Bcf in three undrilled targets with an
improvement in the probability of geological success, now ranging from 49 to 61 %
- Total remaining recoverable resource at Anchois (2C plus 2U) now stands at 1.4 Tcf
Additional Lixus Prospects:
- Updated assessments on two key undrilled prospects (Maquereau, and Anchois West) with
improvements in both prospective resource potential and probability of geological success
and the newly identified Anguille prospect, which are all part of the same tertiary gas play as
the Anchois gas field
- Combined, 2U prospective resources of 838 Bcf with an estimated probability of geological
success ranging from 30-52%, with closely related additional targets in the areas surrounding
the prospects
- The total remaining recoverable resources (2C plus 2U, comprising audited and internal
Chariot estimates) in the entire Lixus portfolio stands at approximately 4.6 Tcf
Rissana Offshore:
- Early assessment of the areas covered by 3D seismic, provides a total 2U prospective resource of over 7 Tcf, combining a high-graded prospect ‘Emissole’ within the lower risk Anchois tertiary gas play and multi Tcf prospects in a higher-risk Mesozoic play, inherited from
Chariot’s legacy Mohammedia Offshore licence area.
Duncan Wallace, Technical Director of Chariot Limited, commented:
“This independent assessment report confirms that following the drilling of Anchois-2, we have a growing resource base from which we can fast track our gas development towards material cashflows and provide gas to meet Morocco’s growing energy demand.
These resource upgrades across our Moroccan portfolio are a significant step forward. As well as confirming the increased scale of our discovery at Anchois, this independent assessment has also corroborated the multi Tcf opportunity that sits within the basin in our Moroccan licences and served to de-risk a number of high potential future targets in Lixus.
We remain fully focused on bringing Anchois into production as quickly as possible and are working hard across all aspects of the development plan required to reach FID. We are committed to realising the value of this gas field as well as continuing to prove up the significant scope of our wider resource base from the Moroccan portfolio.”
Investor Presentation at the Annual General Meeting
Management will provide a detailed overview of this resource upgrade at the AGM, which will be held on 8 September 2022.
