Discover, headed by veteran executives of Cove Energy, said Monday it has also farmed into two Anadarko-operated blocks off New Zealand with a 10% stake.
Thailand's PTTEP bought out Cove and its promising east Africa acreage in a $1.9 billion deal in 2012 after a bidding war with Shell.
Carlyle's financing, to be paid out over three years, is the first allocation from a special new oil fund called CIEP, which will focus on oil and gas exploration in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia.
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