RAK Petroleum has struck oil and gas at the Marlin North-1 well drilled by Foxtrot International LDC offshore Côte d’Ivoire.
The Turonian and Lower Senonian intervals, neither of which had previously tested hydrocarbons on Block CI-27 produced oil and gas, the company said.
A 22m perforated section of the gas bearing column in the Turonian flowed at a stabilized rate of 25mn cubic feet per day of gas and 150 barrels per day of condensates through a 46/64 inch choke.
In the Lower Senonian, an 11m perforated section of the oil bearing column flowed at a stabilized rate of 1,525 barrels per day of 27° API oil and 0.6mn cubic feet per day of associated gas through a 28/64 inch choke.
The well, drilled in 65m of water, reached a vertical depth of 2,790m.
A declaration of hydrocarbons discovery has been submitted to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and an evaluation and appraisal program will follow.
RAK Petroleum has a one-third ownership of Foxtrot International which in turn operates Block CI-27 with a 27.5% stake. Other partners on the block are the state oil company, Petroci, and SECI.
The company added that, elsewhere on the block, development of the previously discovered Marlin oil and gas field and the nearby Manta gas field is progressing well.
The installation of a second production platform on the block and drilling of development wells will commence in July, as part of a four-year, $1bn expansion programme.
