Total finds oil off Cameroon

Offshore staff

(Douala) Total has discovered oil in the Dissoni block in Cameroon's offshore Rio del Rey basin. The well encountered 50 m of oil pay in what is described as "massive oil-bearing sandstone".

The block was awarded to Total and partner Pecten in April 2005. In October the previous year, the company also made a discovery in its Cameroon acreage, named Bakingili. Currently Total operates two-thirds of the country's current output, at just over 60,000 b/d, via its joint venture with Pecten and Societe Nationale des Hydrocarbures.

06-03-06