The company said its Western Adventure-2 well in exploration permit 93-103 of the Deer Lake basin encountered gas shows at several levels that will be logged to decide if any zones justifies a drillstem test.
Establishing a new play in the Cambro-Ordovician horizon, the probe has been suspended at 1325 metres with the aim of being re-entered and deepened.
The company said the Cambro-Ordovician was the target zone for the nearby Port-au-Port oilfield and its Deer Lake discovery bodes well for the area's prospectivity Most future drilling activities by the minnow in the basin will now involve both Carboniferous and Cambro-Ordovician targets.
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