We reported last week that the well, located 30km North east of Otuo South field, in Conoil operated Oil Mining Lease(OML) 59, in southwestern Niger Delta basin encountered over 150 feet of suspected hydrocarbon column at around 16000ft(4876metres) TVD, which itself is very deep by Niger Delta standards. If this turns out to be a producing reservoir, it will be one of the two deepest pay zones in onshore Niger Delta. The original hole has been sidetracked, but the objectives remain. Conoil expects to hit another payzone at about 18,000feet TVD.