In the discovery, which is located in J-Block near existing ConocoPhillips producing fields and infrastructure, temperatures are in the 175 degrees Celsius range.

ConocoPhillips is the operator of this discovery and holds a 36.5% interest.

Halliburton vice president for Europe/West Africa Brady Murphy said that this particular project illustrates Halliburton’s ability to deliver services that will help its client reduce costs and increase success rates for the project.

Halliburton serves the upstream oil and gas industry throughout the lifecycle of the reservoir – from locating hydrocarbons and managing geological data, to drilling and formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and optimizing production through the life of the field.