Angola: Statoil pre-salt well is dry

Statoil’s first operated well offshore Angola has come up dry. The Dilolo-1 exploration well was drilled on a pre-salt target in Block 39 but did not encounter hydrocarbons. The well is being plugged and abandoned and the Stena Carron drillship will move to Block 38 to spud another pre-salt exploration well, Jacaré-1. In total, Statoil will participate in eight commitment wells on pre-salt targets across five blocks, and the company is also participating in two more wells in the Kwanza Basin. These are the Puma well in Block 25, operated by Total, and the Locosso well in Block 22, operated by Repsol.