The company completed operations at the well located in the G4/50 licence after it reached a total depth of 2830 metres.

G4/50-11 encountered oil in both the primary Oligocene and secondary Miocene reservoir targets with an aggregate 5.5 metres of net pay, however, “the discovery is considered to be below the economic threshold for a commercial discovery”, Ophir said.

According to the company, a comprehensive wireline logging process was completed, including the recovery of oil samples from both reservoir intervals.

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