By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov. 7 -- Repsol YPF SA has made a sixth oil discovery in Libya on Block NC 186 in the Sahara Desert's Murzuk basin about 800 km south of Tripoli.
Well J-1 found an oil column in the Ordovician Memouniat sandstone formation at 1,500 m TD. The well tested at 4,650 b/d of 40° gravity oil.
J-1 is 16 km northeast of the recent I-1 discovery, which flowed 2,060 b/d of 40° gravity oil from the same sand at 1,717 m. Repsol YPF said the oil is "amongst the best quality on the market (OGJ Online, Oct. 3, 2005)."
Three of the discoveries on the 4,300 sq km block have been developed or are under development.
Repsol YPF operates the block. Other partners are Total SA, OMV AG, and Saga Petroleum ASA.
