Tullow finds oil, gas offshore Ghana but suspends well

British firm Tullow Oil says July 18, 2012 the Wawa-1 exploration well in the Deepwater Tano licence offshore Ghana has intersected oil and gas-condensate in a Turonian turbidite channel system.

According to Tullow, the Wawa-1 encountered “20 metres of gas-condensate pay and 13 metres of oil pay in turbidite sands”.

Samples show the oil to be good quality between 38 and 44 degrees American Petroleum Institute (API) gravity, it said in a statement.

However, the company says the well will “now be suspended” for possible future use in appraisal and development operations.

The well was drilled 10 kilometres north of the Enyenra-3A well, testing the previously undrilled, updip portion of the licence.

Pressure data shows that it is a separate accumulation from the Tweneboa- Enyenra- Ntomme (TEN) fields, Tullow added.

Tullow operates the Deepwater Tano licence with 49.95% share and is partnered by Kosmos Energy (18.00%), Anadarko Petroleum (18.00%), Sabre (4.05%) and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) (10% carried interest).

By Ekow Quandzie