88 Energy has begun drilling the eagerly anticipated Charlie-1 appraisal well in Alaska.
Four year wait
This brings to fruition a four-year target for 88 Energy, which had initially acquired 2D seismic over its Project Icewine acreage in 2016 and had targeted a drilling program for Charlie-1 ever since.
In the interim, 88 Energy reprocessed legacy 2D seismic in 2017, increased its acreage and shot 3D seismic in 2018 before farming down last year.
88 Energy managing director Dave...