Akrake Petroleum公司使用Borr Gerd自升式钻井平台在贝宁1区块Sm油田钻探了第一口井。此次钻探是Sm油田为期100天、共计三口井的再开发计划的一部分。该计划包括在H6地层钻探两口水平生产井，以及一口更深的垂直评估井，用于收集H7和H8油藏的数据，从而推动开发进入第二阶段。

该分阶段开发的钻井作业预计将于2025年第四季度完成，届时，合同中翻新的移动式海上生产装置 (MOPU) 和浮式储卸油装置 (FSO) 将一同抵达。MOPU 和 FSO 安装完成后，MOPU 将与新钻的油井连接，预计将于2025年第四季度投产，初始产量约为每天15,000桶石油。

随着 S猫油田在停产近三十年后重新开始生产，将收集更多地下数据，并与 2007 年获得的最新重新处理的 3D 地震数据一起进行分析，以优化油田的进一步开发，例如开发更深的储层部分。

Akrake Petroleum spudded the first well in the Sèmè Field in Block 1, Benin, using the Borr Gerd jackup drilling rig. The drilling is part of a 100-day, three-well work program to redevelop the Sèmè Field. The campaign includes two horizontal production wells in the H6 formation and a deeper vertical appraisal well to gather data from the H7 and H8 reservoirs, to facilitate the potential advancement to Phase 2 of the development.

The drilling campaign for the phased development is expected to be completed in Q4 2025, at which time the contracted refurbished Mobile Offshore Production Unit (MOPU) will arrive, along with a Floating Storage & Offloading unit (FSO). After installation of the MOPU and the FSO, the MOPU will be hooked to the newly-drilled wells, and production is expected to start in Q4 2025 at initial production rates of approximately 15,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd).

Along with the restart of production in the Sèmè Field after almost three decades of inactivity, more data on the subsurface will be collected, to be analyzed together with recently reprocessed 3D seismic data obtained in 2007, for the optimization of further development of the field, such as untapping deeper reservoir sections.