Hardman Resources announced Since the last report on the Flamant-1 exploration well, repairs have been made to the Blow Out Preventer (BOP) and it has been re-run to the seabed. As at midnight on 4 September 2006, drilling of Flamant-1 to the next planned casing point at 2,110 metres had recommenced with the well having reached a depth of 1,880 metres.
Flamant-1 targets Cretaceous Carbonates and has a planned total depth 3,370m. The well is located in 1,414m of water, approximately 210km from the shore and 195 km North-West from Pelican-1, a Cretaceous gas discovery drilled in Block 7.