Good news seems to be in bounty at Tullow oil plc following Tuesday’s conformation of purchasing Heritage Oil and Gas interests in Uganda, and now on Wednesday the conformation of a major oil well its exploration campaign in western Uganda.
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Tullow announced today that the Ngiri-2 appraisal well, which is located in the Butiaba region of Uganda Block 1, has encountered over 40 metres of net oil bearing reservoir in two zones within an overall 131 metre gross oil bearing interval.
Angus McCoss, Tullow Exploration Director said the 40 metres of net oil pay in Ngiri-2 is the thickest oil pay so far encountered in the Butiaba area, demonstrating that after 32 successes in 33 wells the Lake Albert Rift Basin continues to deliver from the undrilled upside potential.
McCoss says Tullow’s exploration and appraisal campaign in Uganda has now discovered over 950 million barrels of oil (P50), with their estimate of the yet to find prospective resource at 1.5 billion barrels of oil (P50). “This continued success supports our planning for the accelerated basin-wide development with our future new partners Total and CNOOC.”
In a statement of Tuesday, Tullow said successful logging and sampling operations have confirmed the presence of moveable oil in two zones.
“The lower zone encountered an oil water contact while pressure data acquired within the upper zone indicates the possibility of a deeper contact than expected. Reservoir quality is also excellent, akin to the Kasamene field in Block 2, where a production rate of 3,500 bopd was achieved during testing in 2009,” Tullow said in a statement.
The well was drilled 1.7 km north of the Ngiri-1 discovery well (drilled on the Warthog prospect) to a total depth of 892 metres.
The Ngiri-2 well was the first of a multi-well appraisal programme planned to further evaluate the extent and recovery potential of the Ngiri field. Tullow oil says further activities will take place in 4Q 2010 with the drilling of down-dip appraisal wells Ngiri-3 and Ngiri-4 designed to establish oil water contacts and reservoir distribution.
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Tullow operates its 100% interests in three licences, Blocks 1, 2 and 3A, in the Lake Albert Rift Basin in Uganda.
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