Bowleven, the West Africa focused oil and gas exploration group traded on AIM, is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced on the Sapele-2 well, Douala Basin, offshore Cameroon, with the Sapphire Driller jack-up rig (owned by Vantage Drilling).
The principal objective of the Sapele-2 well is to appraise the Omicron discoveries encountered in the Sapele-1 exploration well. The Sapele-2 well will penetrate both the Lower and Deep Omicron discoveries at a location around five kilometres South West of the Sapele-1 location. The well is to be drilled to an estimated target depth of circa 3,724 metres in water depths of around 25 metres and drilling is expected to take approximately 50 to 60 days (excluding testing).
Bowleven is a West Africa focused oil and gas exploration group, based in Edinburgh and traded on AIM since December 2004.
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Source:Bowleven , March 18, 2011; Image:Vantage Drilling