African-focused exploration firm Mart Resources has spudded the latest well on the Umusadege marginal field in Nigeria.
Well UMU-11 was spudded on the 12,000 boed field yesterday, and is currently 1,000ft into its 5,000ft target depth.
The well, which will test the oil-bearing sands previously found on the UMU-9 and UMU-10 wells, and complete them for production if oils are found.
Midwestern Oil, which operates the field with Mart and SunTrust, will drill to 5,000ft before running and cementing a casing into the hole then drilling down to 8700ft.
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