Discovery of crude oil and natural gas in Ivory Coast

“A second discovery of crude oil and natural gas has just been made by the Italian oil company Eni and its partner PETROCI Holding, in block CI-802 of the offshore sedimentary basin of Côte d’Ivoire”, announced the minister. Ivorian Mining, Petroleum and Energy, Mamadou Sangafowa-Coulibaly, quoted by the African Press Agency.

Block CI-802 is adjacent to block CI-101 in which a first discovery was made in 2021 by the same consortium.

This new discovery confirms the extension of the Baleine deposit in block CI-802, which increases by approximately 25%. The initially announced reserves of the said deposit therefore increase from 2 to 2.5 billion barrels of crude oil and from 2,400 to 3,300 billion cubic feet of natural gas, said Mamadou Sangafowa-Coulibaly.

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