• Murphy Oil reported an oil discovery at the Bubale-1X exploration well in Block CI-709, about 40 miles offshore Côte d’Ivoire.
• The well hit 100 feet of net oil pay across two reservoirs; preliminary work points to high-quality light oil.
• Bubale-1X was drilled to 20,548 feet in 7,795 feet of water.
• Evaluation moves to a next phase, with a follow-up well planned in the second half of 2026 to test the discovery’s extent.
• Murphy holds a 90% working interest in CI-709; PETROCI holds 10%.

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