“While the hydrocarbon column is small and may not prove to be material, the result is encouraging for future Cretaceous exploration targets in Woodside-operated Mauritanian acreage,” the company said.
The wireline tests included fluid sampling and downhole pressure movements.
Once logging is complete, the well will be plugged and abandoned as planned, and the Stena Tay rig will move to the Labeidna-1 well location.
On Wednesday, the company announced the Tevet-2 sidetrack had reached a total depth of 3914 metres.
The company said on October 11 that due to operational difficulties, the Tevet-2 well needed to be sidetracked.
Tevét-2 is 2.5 kilometres south of the Miocene discovery well Tevét-1, and lies in a water depth of 466 metres.
Joint venture partners interests in PSC-B are: Woodside (53.8%), Hardman (21.6%), BG (11.6%) Premier (9.2%) and Roc Oil (3.7%).
