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Tullow announces first oil production in Ghana

First Oil in Ghana 15 December 2010 – Tullow Oil plc (Tullow), Anadarko Petroleum, Kosmos Energy, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Sabre Oil and Gas and E.O. Group announce that First Oil from the Jubilee field, offshore Ghana, will be celebrated today. His Excellency John Atta Mills, President of Ghana, will be the guest of honour […]

Tullow discovers huge oil in the Mercury-1 exploration well offshore Sierra Leone

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) today announced the Mercury-1 exploration well offshore Sierra Leone encountered approximately 135 net feet of oil pay in two Cretaceous-age fan systems. Mercury is the company’s second deepwater test in the Sierra Leone-Liberian Basin and was drilled to a total depth of approximately 15,950 feet in about 5,250 feet of […]