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Shell starts drilling on billion-barrel prospect in potential new African play - Upstream Online

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Shell starts drilling on billion-barrel prospect in potential new African play | Upstream Online

Shell has spudded an eagerly anticipated exploration well targeting a 1 billion barrel prospect in a new geological oil play offshore Mauritania, according to informed sources.

Mauritania has tantalised explorers for decades, with most probes drilled to date turning up gas resources — some very big — although oil — has also been found, including some commercial volumes.

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