London-based SOCO International's Baobab Marine-1 commitment well is to be plugged and abandoned after finding no oil or gas.
The well was drilled on the Mer Profonde Sud Block, in the Lower Congo Basin, offshore Congo.
Drilling, using the Noble Globetrotter II drillship on the RR Prospect, was a measured depth of 3275m and intersected the stacked early Miocene channel complexes that were targeted. Although good quality sands were present, no hydrocarbons were encountered, suggesting lack of communication with the known oil source, said SOCO.
SOCO has 60% interest in the block.
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