The company intersected 200 metres of Kapau limestone during drilling, with wireline logs indicating the presence of hydrocarbons.
InterOil will now carry out well testing to shore up the hydrocarbon type, column, flow rate and reservoir quality.
This is just one well in a trio of wildcats designed to test what the company sees as enormous remaining potential in the area ahead of a planned liquefied natural gas development.
Raptor-1 is about 12 kilometres west of InterOil’s Elk-Antelope gas field.
InterOil is the operator of the well and holds a 65.2% interest, while Pacific Rubiales Energy holds a 12.9% interest, with other minority interest holders making up the remaining 21.8%.
The company’s Bobcat-1 well in PPL476 was successfully drilled through the Orubadi seal section and into the Kapau limestone.
InterOil is now preparing to drill further into the target zone.
InterOil holds a 78.1% interest in the well and is operator. The remaining 21.8% interest is held by minority interests.
