Ophir said on Thursday that drilling operations had now concluded on the Okala-1 well in the offshore Mbeli Block with no significant hydrocarbon shows in the target reservoirs.
The probe was drilled by the Vantage Drilling drillship Titanium Explorer to a measured depth of 4229 metres, targeting Cretaceous sands in the pre-salt section.
Ophir did not say whether the well would be plugged and abandoned as a dry hole.
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