Famfa was awarded the leasehold rights to the 617,000 acre OPL 216 block on August 10th 1993 by the Federal Government and signed on Texaco as a partner on September, 16 1996. On May 11th, 1998, Petrobras was also signed onto the project.
The discovery well, Agbami-1, encountered 420 net feet of pay in multiple oil zones from 8,200 feet to the total depth of 12,400 feet. The well penetrated stacked reservoir sands saturated with oil, ranging in overall column thickness from 400 to more than 1,000 feet.................... Read More