On the job: the Belford Dolphin drillship
South Grand Lahou-1 fails to deliver
Anadarko Petroleum has lucked out with the South Grand Lahou-1 wildcat in the CI-105 licence off the Cote d’Ivoire after the probe failed to uncover hydrocarbons.
The well encountered the targeted reservoir sands on prognosis but found them water-bearing at this particular location. However, the data gained will provide valuable proprietary insights into the ongoing prioritisation of the numerous Jubilee-type prospects in the Equatorial Atlantic inventory, said co-venturer Tullow Oil
South Grand Lahou-1 was drilled by the Belford Dolphin drillship to a depth of 4556 metres in a water depth of 1876 metres.
Tullow has a 22.368% interest in the CI-105 licence and its partners are Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Operator, 50%), Thani Côte D’Ivoire (12.632%) and the Societé Nationale d’Opérations Pétrolières de Côte D’Ivoire (Petroci) (5% plus a 10% carried interest).