Cameroon: Dana Bakassi well finds gas

Dana Petroleum’s Manatee-1 exploration well on the Bakassi West Block failed to find oil but the partners are assessing a gas-bearing section. SDX Energy said the shallow water well in the Niger Delta Basin was drilled to a total depth of 1,447 metres and intersected 26 metres of gas-bearing section of varying quality. “Whilst we are disappointed not to have made an oil discovery, we recognised the risks associated with exploration wells of this kind. The secondary objective was to see whether we could make a commercially viable gas discovery.