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Tullow joy at Mpuza hit



By Upstream staff 

Independent Tullow Oil said today is has successfully drilled and tested the Mputa-3 appraisal well at its 100%-owned Block 2 in Uganda.

The well was drilled to a total depth of 973 metres and hit hydrocarbons in three separate zones, with total net pay of 19.5 metres.

One zone was tested and produced at an average rate of 1986 barrels of oil per day, Tullow said.

Pressure and sampling data from the other two zones indicates that all three zones could flow at a combined rate of more than 4000 bpd, it added.

Mputa-3, the second of three wells in the Kaiso-Tonya area appraisal programme, was drilled 1.5 kilometres south-east of the 2006 discovery well. The Mputa-3 results are the best to date in the Kaiso-Tonya area.

The well is now being suspended as a future producer, after which the rig will move to the Mputa-4 location, 1.2 kilometres to the north-east.


Thursday, 23 August, 2007, 06:24 GMT  | last updated: Thursday, 23 August, 2007, 08:05 GMT

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