African Petroleum Corp. Ltd., Perth, has spudded the Narina-1 deepwater exploratory well on Block LB-09 in which the company has a 100% interest.
Narina-1 mainly targets a Turonian prospect similar to discoveries such as Jubilee off Ghana and Mercuryand Venus off Sierra Leone.
African Petroleum drilled the first well in this previously untested frontier basin in 2011 with encouraging results. Apalis-1 went to 3,665 m in 988 m of water and proved a working hydrocarbon system.
Alan Petzet | Chief Editor Exploration
Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.