Total has oil strike on block off Cameroon

June 5, 2006
Total E&P Cameroon has struck oil with the first exploration well drilled on the Dissoni Block in the Rio del Rey basin off Cameroon.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, June 5 -- Total E&P Cameroon has struck oil with the first exploration well drilled on the Dissoni Block in the Rio del Rey basin off Cameroon.

The well encountered 50 m of sandstone oil pay. Total, block operator, is considering development.

Cameroon awarded the Dissoni Block to Total and Pecten Cameroon Co. in April 2005 (OGJ Online, Apr. 11, 2005, Newsletter).