Republic of Congo: Dry well for Soco

Soco International has announced that the Baobab Marine-1 commitment well drilled in the Mer Profonde Sud Block in the Lower Congo Basin failed to find hydrocarbons. The well was drilled by the deep-water drillship Noble Globetrotter II on the RR prospect to a measured depth of 3,275 metres, reaching total depth on 25 February. It intersected the target of stacked early Miocene channel complexes, and although good-quality sands were present, no hydrocarbons were encountered, and the well will be plugged and abandoned.