Following inspection in Port Gentil, the jack-up Ben Avon will mobilise next week for two slots under a bundled service contract with Lagos-based Axxis Petro­consultants, according to Mira chief executive Jonathan More.

“The first probe will re-enter Shell’s old TSB-1 well over a 15-day period, after which some five days for testing and analysis will be allocated.

“Two months after that we commence the second well, possibly before the end of October.”

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