Uchenna Izundu
International Editor
LONDON, Dec. 3 -- Total SA and its partners have tested 5,400 b/d of oil from the Alho exploration well on deepwater Block 32 off Angola.
The well, drilled to a TD of 4,981 m, produced 26º gravity oil from reservoirs in the Oligocene section. Alho is the twelfth discovery on Block 32. Earlier this year Total and its block partners drilled the Colorau-1 exploration well, the group's eleventh find on Block 32 (OGJ Online, Aug. 7, 2007).
Alho was drilled in 1,700 m of water and hit Upper Oligocene oil-bearing reservoirs. It is 9 km northwest of the previously announced Cominhos discovery and is 155 km off the Angolan coast in 1,607 m of water.
Operator Total holds 30% in the block. Other Block 32 partners include Marathon Oil Co. 30%, Sonangol EP 20%, Esso Exploration & Production Angola (Block 32) Ltd. 15%, and Petrogal 5%.
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