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LIMITATIONS<br />

There were no measures on the rig site to<br />

handle a case of natural gas outow and no kill<br />

mud or facility for well control.<br />

The entire drilling string was pulled out of hole<br />

and the rig moved from the borehole location.<br />

There was no possibility to run in hole, with the<br />

heavy gas thrust due to overpressure.<br />

No ditch-cutting sample or uid sample has<br />

been provided for laboratory tests<br />

Inferences were based on the knowledge of<br />

the Regional Geology of the underlying<br />

formations in Enugu and it environs.<br />

Subsurface Geology of the Area<br />

From the geometry of the basin, the wellbore is located at the eastern flank, penetrating through thin packages of<br />

the Campanian and Pre-Santonian Sediments.<br />

Correlation of the Wells in the Environs<br />

(A er Onuoha and Dim, 2017)<br />

The interval of occurrence of the Natural gas at Caritas University is correlatable with that of Anambra River-1 that shows<br />

hydrocarbon presence at depth1, 200m and could be matched with near by Amansiodo-1 well.<br />

Correlation of the Wells in the Environs<br />

Therefore, the well penetrated the basal part of the<br />

Anambra Basin and probably part of the upper Agwu<br />

Formation in the Southern Benue Trough.<br />

A er Onuoha and Dim, 2017<br />

NAPENEWS AUG/SEPT <strong>2022</strong> 15

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