Tullow hits pay in Ghana wildcat

Celebrate: Tullow has hit oil and gas condensate in the Wawa-1 well, off Ghana

UK independent Tullow Oil has hit both oil and gas condensate in the Wawa-1 wildcat on the Deepwater Tano licence, off Ghana.

Tullow said the well had intersected 20 metres of gas condensate pay and 13 metres of oil pay in the turbidite sand, with samples showing the oil to be good quality between 28 and 44 degrees API.

It added pressure data showed the accumulation was also separate from the Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme fields.

"Wawa-1 was the first of three important remaining exploration wells to be drilled in the second half of 2012, to close out the exploration phase of the Deepwater Tano licence,” Tullow’s exploration director, Angus McCoss, said.

“It found light oil…

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