"In (Ivory Coast), the company completed a successful drillstem test of its Paon discovery," Anadarko said in its third-quarter operations report.

"Additionally, oil was encountered in the Pelican-1X and the Rossignol-1X exploration wells drilled during the quarter."

Anadarko said the test of the Paon-5A well flowed at a maximum steady flow rate of 9000 barrels of oil per day and 21 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.

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