The partners in petroleum prospecting licence 402 will drill the new probe down dip to the north-east of the Muruk-1 wildcat in PNG’s North Highland area to delineate the hydrocarbon-water contact with the Toro formation at the recent find.

The duo struck “high-quality sandstone reservoirs” at the exploration well, which was spud on 2 November and drilled to 3130 metres, intersecting the Toro target.

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