Waraga-1 is about 19 kilometres northeast of the recently drilled Mputa-1 oil discovery well and 41 kilometres southwest of the 1938 Butiaba Waki-1 well.

The geological risk at the Waraga prospect, which was defined by last year’s onshore seismic survey, has been significantly reduced by the success of Mputa-1, Hardman said.

On January 20, Hardman reported that the Mputa-1 well was being suspended, even though its commerciality was still in question.

This will allow re-entry at a later date to potentially test and flow individual zones, obtain better fluid property information, and/or use the well in any future appraisal or development operations.

Hardman said black, waxy oil samples were recovered from the reported sand interval of 965 to 975 metres.