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    1. Drilling & Completion

    Ophir gas discovery offshore Equatorial Guinea exceeds expectations

    July 26, 2012
    Ophir Energy’s Tonel-1 (R-4) well in block R offshore Equatorial Guinea is a gas discovery, the company says.

    Offshore staff

    LONDON –Ophir Energy’s Tonel-1 (R-4) well in block R offshore Equatorial Guinea is a gas discovery, the company says.

    A 182m (597 ft) gas-bearing column was encountered containing a total 117m (384 ft) of net pay in mid-Miocene aged sands, trapped within a thrust belt anticline. Gross in place mean resources for Tonel-1 (R-4) are estimated at 1.1tcf with gross recoverable mean resources of 800 bcf.

    TheErik Raude rig now moves to appraisal and satellite exploration drilling around Ophir’s previous Fortuna-1 (R-2) gas discovery.

    7/26/2012