Drilling Update at Nooitgedacht in South Africa

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Stock D3 Energy Ltd (D3E.ASX)
Release Time 17 Aug 2026, 9 a.m.
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 D3 Energy Updates Drilling at Nooitgedacht, South Africa
Key Points
  • Slight delay due to wet weather, crew demobilized last week
  • Crew scheduled to remobilize today, operations to resume
  • Forward programme unchanged, production casing to be cemented
Full Summary

D3 Energy Limited (ASX: D3E) provides an operational update on its two-well drilling program at Nooitgedacht in South Africa. Due to excessive wet weather, the drilling crew was demobilized last week for safety. The crew is scheduled to remobilize today, with operations resuming as planned. The forward program remains unchanged, with production casing to be run and cemented in both wells, followed by drilling out cement plugs, hole cleanup, and production testing.

Outlook

The company anticipates commencing production testing at NGT245 E in the coming weeks, with results to be reported to the market.