Tullow Oil French Guiana Zaedyus-2 well comes up dry

Commercial hydrocarbons have not been found at the Zaedyus-2 appraisal well in offshore French Guiana after Tullow Oil completed drilling but the group is confident the French Guiana block remains "highly prospective".

Commercial hydrocarbons have not been found at the Zaedyus-2 appraisal well in offshore French Guiana after Tullow Oil completed drilling but the group is confident the French Guiana block remains "highly prospective".

The Zaedyus-2 well, which was drilled 5km up-dip from the Zaedyus 1 well, encountered 85 metres of reservoir quality sands with oil shows but no commercial hydrocarbons.

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