It has revealed several levels impregnated with oil, which together reach a cumulative height of 250 metres. Tests on the well have shown a cumulative flow of 7000 barrels per day of good quality oil, the statement continued. It said more exploration tests would be carried out. REUTERS
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TOTALFINAELF has made a new deep-water oil discovery on Congo-Brazzaville's MTPS permit, some 200 kilometres south of Pointe Noire. Andromede Marine-1 is the deepest well in the Republic of Congo at 1893 metres and the first drilled on MTPS, the company said in a statement.
26 May 2000 0:00 GMT
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26 May 2000 0:00 GMT