{"id":5939,"date":"2021-11-15T15:33:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T15:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/far-spuds-bambo-1-well-offshore-the-gambia"},"modified":"2021-11-15T16:34:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T16:34:57","slug":"far-spuds-bambo-1-well-offshore-the-gambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/far-spuds-bambo-1-well-offshore-the-gambia","title":{"rendered":"FAR Spuds Bambo-1 Well Offshore The Gambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Australian oil and gas firm FAR has started drilling at the Bambo-1 exploration well in Block A2, offshore The Gambia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Stena IceMax drillship arrived on site on 12 November Gambian time and after completing preparations, has successfully spudded the well,&#8221; FAR said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Bambo-1 well sits around 85km offshore The Gambia, in 930 meters of water depth, and is planned to be drilled to a depth of about 3,400 meters. The drilling campaign is expected to take approximately 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>The well is designed to drill into a series of vertically stacked targets with a combined estimated recoverable, prospective resource of 1,118 mmbbls (arithmetic sum of the Best Estimates, un-risked, 559 mmbbls net to FAR) and FAR calculates the chance of geological success for the various horizons to range from 7% to 36%.<\/p>\n<p>FAR is the operator of the offshore block with a 50% working interest in the A2 and A5 permits with its joint venture partner, PC Gambia Ltd, a subsidiary of Malaysia&#8217;s Petronas, holding the remaining 50%.<\/p>\n<p>FAR has previously said that, if successful, a discovery could result in a standalone development which would be The Gambia\u2019s first oil production.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Australian oil and gas firm FAR has started drilling at the Bambo-1 exploration well in Block A2, offshore The Gambia. &#8220;The Stena IceMax drillship arrived on site on 12 November Gambian time and after completing preparations, has successfully spudded the well,&#8221; FAR said Monday. 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