In October 2017, sources reported that the Hilala 7 outpost was completed by Poly-GCL as a gas well from the (assumed) Jurassic reservoir. Hilala 7 was spudded on 10 January 2017 with both Hamanlei and Adigrat formations as main objectives. According to governmental sources, the well was also exploring for oil in these horizons. The Hilala field is located in China Poly Group-Golden Concord Group (Poly-CLG) joint venture's Hilala Field block, Ogaden Sub-basin. It has estimated gas in place reserves of 1.3 Tscf and has been appraised by 6 wells which encountered gas and some oil in the Jurassic Adigrat and Hamanlei formations. In early November 2017, the Government of Ethiopia announced that the Hilala and Calub fields will start producing in mid-2019 (see here for more details). Â 
Ethiopia (Somali B.) ? op. by POLY GCL (100.0%) in Hilala Field block