Côte d’Ivoire: Lukoil drills Indépendance appraisal well

Russia’s Lukoil Overseas has drilled a successful appraisal well on the Indépendance discovery on Block CI-401 in the Tano Basin. The well was drilled to a total depth of more than 4,500 metres in 1,600 metre water depths using Ocean Rig’s Eirik Raude semisubmersible rig. Lukoil said the well had proven oil presence in the Turonian sands of the oil and gas condensate field of the Indépendance structure discovered in December 2011. It said data from the well were being processed to evaluate the potential resource base and inform a decision on further field appraisal.