Sound Energy (LON:SOU) is now gearing up for drilling at the Tendrara project, onshore Morocco, where it has now been granted its final approval.
The company told investors that the Moroccan National Environmental Committee has now given its approval for two wells.
It also said that the drill rig from the programme is now being mobilised from Mauritania, and is expected to arrive on site in early March.
Civil works at Tendrara, including local infrastructure work and the preparation of a camp, is ongoing ahead of the rig’s arrival, Sound added.
The Tendrara programme aims to appraise what could be a significant project and ideally prove-up enough gas to justify investments necessary to install necessary gas infrastructure.