Tullow Oil has encountered oil and gas while drilling at its Wawa-1 well offshore Ghana.
The find was made at the exploration well in the Deepwater Tano licence where oil and gas condensate was intersected in a Turonian turbidite channel system.
The well was drilled 10 kilometres north of the Enyenra-3A well, testing a previously undrilled portion of the licence, Tullow said. The Atwood Hunter semi-submersible rig drilled the Wawa-1 well to a final depth of 3,322 metres in water depths of 587 metres.
The well will now be suspended for possible future use in appraisal and development operations.
Tullow operates the Deepwater Tano licence, holding a 49.95 per cent interest, and is partnered by Kosmos Energy with 18 per cent, Anadarko Petroleum, also with 18 per cent, Sabre, with four per cent, and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, which holds a 10 per cent carried interest.
Commenting on the news, Angus McCoss, Tullow’s exploration director, said: "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. It found light oil and gas condensate, trapped separately from TEN and demonstrates once again that liquid rich hydrocarbons are pervasive in this prospective licence.
“We look forward to the drilling of Okure and Sapele in the second half of 2012."
Headquartered in London, UK, Tullow has interests in over 90 exploration and production licences across 22 countries and focuses on four core areas: Africa, Europe, South Asia and South America.
