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 CONOCO FINDS OIL OFFSHORE CONGO
    HOUSTON, April 21 - Du Pont Co's Conoco Inc said the Viodo
Marine Number one exploratory well offshore the People's
Republic of the Congo produced up to 1,135 barrels of 26.55
degree gravity oil daily in tests through a 3/4 inch choke.
    The company said the well, in 202 feet of water about 10
miles west of Pointe-Noire, Congo, was drilled to a depth of
11,527 feet and tested between 7,204 feet and 11,300 feet.
    The well is located on the Marine II block, a 260,000 acre
offshore permit acquired in May 1985, where Conoco is operator
with a 42.5 pct interest. <Orange-Nassau Marine C.V.> owns 7.5
pct and Hydro Congo, the state oil company, 50 pct.