Tsimiroro

Tsimiroro

Tsimiroro is the name of a large oil field in the onshore Morondava Basin of Madagascar. It is estimated to contain as many as 8 billion barrels of heavy oil. The oil is found in the Isalo and Amboloando formations. The field is located south of the Bemolanga ultra heavy oil field and south of the town of Morafenobe.

Madagascar Oil is current license holder of the Tsimiroro field. It describes the field as being a heavy oil field with a significant volume of oil in place. It gives the oil resources as:

The Isalo I formation has an additional estimated volume of oil in place of 877 mmbbls.

The oil is 14-16ºAPI with low sulphur (<0.4%), low vanadium but some iron. The field, 100 km (60 mi) from the coast is at 100-300 m (300-1000 ft) depth. 61 wells have been drilled on Tsimiroro’s c. 70 km² (30 sq mi) core area to date. Madagascar Oil is currently executing a pilot project on Tsimiroro using steam recovery. Minimal historic cold flow notwithstanding, this project led to the first oil production ever in Madagascar in March 2008.

Notes

References

* [http://www.petromarex.com/projects/moz/Mozambique_Brochure.pdf Tsimiroro brochure]
* [http://www.madagascaroil.com/ Madagascar Oil website]

External links

* [http://www.netherlandsewell.com/ Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (NSAI)]


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