Afren says that drilling operations have been completed at the Cuda-1x exploration well, located in the Eastern Basin offshore Ghana.

The Cuda-1x exploration well, the first well to target the Cretaceous prospectivity in the block, reached a total measured depth of 12,425ft. Drilled in 5,597ft of water by the Transocean Deepwater Discovery drillship, the well encountered an unexpectedly severe high pressure zone in the top of the Upper Cretaceous which ultimately required Cuda-1x to be plugged and abandoned. This was prior to the well penetrating the primary Cretaceous objectives which remain of high potential but untested.

Evaluation of the well results is ongoing and will be incorporated in further prospect evaluation and future well planning on the Keta Block. klgirls - kl escort

Interests in the Keta Block are as follows: Afren Energy Ghana Limited - 68% Mitsui E&P Ghana Keta Limited - 20% GNPC - 10% Gulf Atlantic Energy - 2%

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