Lime Petroleum 与 Borr Gerd Limited 签署了 Gerd 自升式钻井平台合同，该钻井平台将用于贝宁预计为期 120 天的钻探活动。贝宁的 Scatmcat 油田由 Akrake 运营，该公司持有 Scatmcat 油田约 76% 的工作权益，计划向能源、水利和矿业部提交油田开发计划，并于 2025 年下半年重启油田生产。

贝宁近海盆地 (OBB) 包括 Scatcat 油田，属于贝宁沿海盆地，是达荷美湾的沿海盆地之一。达荷美湾（从尼日利亚西部到加纳东部）是几内亚湾北部的一部分，这是一个石油储量丰富的地区，在大陆架或深度不到 2,000 米的水域发现了许多油田。

1968年，加州联合石油公司在距海岸15公里处发现了S猫油田（又名Seme-Kpodji油田），水深20至54米。1973年底，联合石油公司向贝宁政府提出了开发计划，但谈判失败，因此放弃了勘探面积。

Lime Petroleum signed a contract with Borr Gerd Limited for the Gerd jackup rig, which will be used for an anticipated 120-day drilling campaign in Benin. The Sèmè Field in Benin is operated by Akrake, which holds an approximately 76 percent working interest in the Sèmè Field, aims to submit a field development plan to the Ministry of Energy, Water and Mines, and restart production in the field in H2 2025.

The Offshore Benin Basin (OBB), which includes the Sèmè oilfield, belongs to the Benin Coastal Basin, one of the coastal basins of the Dahomey Embayment. The Dahomey Embayment (from western Nigeria to eastern Ghana) is part of the northern Gulf of Guinea, a prolific petroleum province where many fields were discovered on the continental shelf or in waters less than 2,000 m deep.

In 1968, Union Oil of California discovered the Sèmè Field (also known as the Seme-Kpodji Field) 15 km off the coast in water depths ranging from 20 to 54 m. In late 1973, Union Oil proposed a development plan to the Benin Government, but negotiations fell through and so relinquished its exploration acreage.