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Do Murphy Oil’s Ivory Coast Dry Holes Reframe Its Exploration Risk Strategy for Investors (MUR)?
Murphy Oil Corporation recently reported that its second exploration well offshore Côte d'Ivoire, Caracal-1X in Block CI-502, reached 8,534 feet but will be plugged and abandoned as a dry hole after only encountering hydrocarbon shows.
Despite back-to-back dry holes in its three-well Ivory Coast campaign, Murphy and PETROCI are pressing ahead with the Bubale-1X well, which targets a different geological play and will help reassess the remaining potential of the company’s West African...