African focused upstream firm Ophir says it has secured a rig to begin its drilling campaign early next year.
The London-based firm is looking to drill at least six wells off the West African coast, starting in Gabon in February.
The first well will target the pre-salt Padouck Deep prospect, on the Ntsina block, which has an estimated resource of up to 1billion barrels.
“This programme will run in parallel with our ongoing drilling activites in East Africa using the Deepsea Metro I drillship,” said Ophir chief executive Nick Cooper.
“We now have confirmed rig slots secured for our next twelve months of drilling, targeting prospects with unrisked potential that is a multiple of our discovered resource base.”
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