Afren plc declared that the Ebok North Fault Block exploration well, offshore south east Nigeria, has encountered 370 feet true vertical thickness (TVT) of net oil pay in excellent quality reservoir sands.

The Ebok North Fault Block (Ebok NFB) exploration well was spudded on 12 April 2012 by Afren and Oriental Energy Resources (Oriental), and reached a total vertical (and measured) depth of 4,320 feet, with the Transocean GSF Adriatic lX (350' ILC) jackup drilling rig. The well was targeting a separate fault block structure located to the north of the main Ebok field, and has successfully encountered 370 feet net pay (TVT) of good quality oil in the same Tertiary reservoir sands equivalent to those that have been developed and are in production at the main Ebok field development. The discovery of significant oil pay at this location underlines the high-grade prospectivity that exists across the wider Ebok/Okwok/OML 115 area, and represents an important step towards unlocking the full volume and value potential of what is a core hub of Afren's portfolio.

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