Ber Bahr-1 was drilled to a total depth of 3933 metres in May last year. It encountered a 300-metre oil column in the Jurassic reservoir of the Chia Zairi formation but failed to flow hydrocarbons during testing.

London-listed Genel said it has now side tracked the well and achieved a sustainable flow rate of 2100 stock tank barrels per day of 15 dgree API oil from the Middle Jurassic-aged Sargelu formation.

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