Senegal: Cairn discovery

Cairn Energy has announced an oil discovery with the FAN-1 well on the Sangomar Deep block. The well was drilled to 4,927 metres in 1,427 metres water depth and found 29 metres of oil bearing reservoir (AE 284/18). Once operations are completed on the FAN-1 well, the rig will move to complete the second well, SNE-1 where the top hole has been drilled pending re-entry. The FAN-1 well was drilled using the semi-submersible drilling unit Cajun Express. It is the third well in Cairn’s North West Africa programme and first in Senegal.