Gregory Hill, the company’s executive vice president for worldwide exploration and production, said that four of 
the five exploration wells drilled this year in WA-390-P were 
discoveries. The fifth well was a dry hole.

Last year, Hess drilled four exploration probes in the same permit and three were commercial finds.

Hill said: “We’ve got nine (wells) in the ground, and two have been declared dry holes or non-commercial.”

No