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Matra Petroleum which has been waiting for an interim generator to arrive on site at Well-13 on the Sokolovskoe field in Orenburg, Russia in order to get drilling underway, has announced that it has not arrived and in fact the rig has been now hooked up to the local electricity supply.

At the end of September the company reported that it was very close to being ready to drill but that an interim generator for the rig was being sourced by the contractor from another site.

Matra said the rig has been made ready for spud and the the only outstanding issues are a final inspection of the rig and electricity supply by local regulatory authorities.

Matra noted that while those final approvals are anticipated later this week the timing is outside the company’s direct control.

Well-13 is targeting what is estimated at 65 million barrels of oil in the Sokolovskoe field.

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