Union Jack Oil PLC (LON:UJO) told investors it expects the first phase of evaluation at the WNB-1Z well at the West Newton project will get underway in April.
The company, in a stock market statement, said it received a draft environmental agency permit for the completion, clean-up and extended test of the well.
The first phase of evaluation will include a cased hole logging programme and vertical seismic profiling. This is expected to take two weeks to carry-out, after which the findings will inform the completion and testing operations.
Additionally, the company added data from the testing programme will feed into a new competent-persons report to assess the project.
“Discussions regarding the appointment of a highly respected global consultancy to produce a CPR on West Newton are at an advanced stage,” it said. “The joint venture expects to be in a position to announce this appointment in the near future.”