Gulf Of Guinea Discovery Reported By Total
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At Cote d'Ivoire's Gulf of Guinea Block CI-100, Paris-based Total announced an oil discovery at #1X-Ivoire. The well is in 2,280 meters of water. It was drilled to 5,044 meters and hit 28 meters of net oil pay in a series of about 100 meters of Cretaceous reservoirs. This is the first well drilled on the CI-100 Block and it confirms the extension into Block CI-100 of the petroleum system in the Tano Basin. An appraisal program for the reservoirs is planned to identified prospects further east in the block near recent discoveries in Ghana. Block operator Total holds a 60% interest, with Yam's Petroleum, 25% and Petroci Holding, 15%.
Description
At Cote d'Ivoire's Gulf of Guinea Block CI-100, Paris-based Total announced an oil discovery at #1X-Ivoire. The well is in 2,280 meters of water. It was drilled to 5,044 meters and hit 28 meters of net oil pay in a series of about 100 meters of Cretaceous reservoirs. This is the first well drilled on the CI-100 Block and it confirms the extension into Block CI-100 of the petroleum system in the Tano Basin. An appraisal program for the reservoirs is planned to identified prospects further east in the block near recent discoveries in Ghana. Block operator Total holds a 60% interest, with Yam's Petroleum, 25% and Petroci Holding, 15%.