commenced<\/a> drilling operations on 7 January 2015 and has been drilled to a total depth of 918 metres MDBRT (Measured Depth Below the Rotary Table) intersecting a Neogene sequence.<\/p>\nA 20-inch casing has been set at 298 metres MDBRT and the well is currently drilling ahead with the 17 1\/2-inch section to the next casing point.<\/p>\n
The plan is to drill the well to a total depth of between 3,000 and 4,000 metres in order to test primary targets in Tertiary age reservoirs. Lion, the operator on Block-2B, expects the well to take up to 70 days to complete.<\/p>\n
The Company will provide further operational updates as the Badada-1 well progresses. A comprehensive update will also be provided once operations on the Badada-1 well have been fully completed and analysed.<\/p>\n
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