In October 2018, it was reported that Oranto Petroleum International Ltd (Oranto) is seeking partners to share the exploration risk over the the Shallow and Deep Ngassa licences. Oranto plans to acquire a 2D seismic survey starting in December 2018 or early January 2019. The size of the survey might be in the range of 200 km, as per the commitments of the initial period. In addition, Oranto contracted BGP to acquire an aero-gravity and an aero-magnetic survey.   Oranto was awarded the licence on 10 October 2017. The first exploration period run until October 2019 and calls for the reprocessing of 160 km of 2D data, the acquisition of 200 2D seismic data, the reprocessing of 250 sq km vintage 3D seismic data and to undertake AVO studies. The second and last exploration period run until October 2021.   The 410 sq km block is located in water depth up to 55 m in the Lake Albert, north of the CNOOC operated Kingfisher field. Oranto is the sole participant in the block.  The block was previously owned by Tullow that drilled two wells (Ngassa 1 and 2) confirming the presence of a shallow gas (Ngassa 1, P&A with gas shows) and oil (Ngassa 2ST). Several traps were mapped at different stratigraphic levels for estimated oil in place of 311 MMbo. The test of the shallow gas play and a deeper oil play (recoverable oil reserve over 100 MMbo) will more likely need an in-lake drilling solution. The company expects to export the oil production through the future 1,444 km pipeline running from the Lake Albertâs field to Tanga port in Tanzania.
Uganda (South Viking Graben (Viking Graben Province)) Kingfisher