More for Tullow at Ngamia-1

By Barry Morgan

 31 May 2012 22:59 GMT

TULLOW Oil has hit more oil in Kenya at its Ngamia-1 well on Block 10BB, writes Barry Morgan.

The company said: “The Ngamia-1 well was drilling into the primary target and... initial results appeared to indicate that the well had intersected further oil-bearing sands.”

The company added that the gross interval was found at a depth of between 1800 metres and 1940 metres and that the well will be drilled further to a total depth of 2700 metres. It will then be logged and sampled. The procedure is expected to take another three weeks.

A total pay count greater than 100 metres had already been reported over a gross oil-bearing interval…

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