The probe is due to spud in the second quarter of this year on a structure estimated to hold about 350 million barrels of oil.
Ayame West, a deep-water basin floor fan prospect, is located about 40 kilometres from Total’s Saphir-1Xb oil discovery in adjacent Block CI-514.
The primary target of this probe will be the same age as the Turonian-Santonian reservoir discovered in the Total probe.
