May 3, 2013 - PA Resources announced an oil discovery at the I-7 well which is being drilled on the Carla South prospect in Block I off Equatorial Guinea. The deviated well reached a measured depth of just over 12,000 feet and encountered about 40 feet of net oil pay in good quality Tertiary sandstones. Upon completion of logging operations, the well will be sidetracked to test an adjacent target.

Apr 25, 2013 - Ivoire-1x, the first well to be drilled in Total's CI-100 block off the Ivory Coast, encountered 92 net feet of oil pay in a 328-foot series of Cretaceous reservoirs. The well was drilled to a depth of 16,548 feet by the Ocean Rig Olympia (UDW drillship). Results confirm the extension of the proven petroleum system in the deepwater Tano Basin into the CI-100 block. Data acquire while drilling will be used to develop an appraisal program to be carried out on the newly discovered reservoirs. Total, the operator, owns a 60% interest in the block alongside Yam's Petroleum LLC (25%) and Petroci Holding (15%).