Drilling starts at Afren's Ghanaian well

FTSE 250 oil and gas company Afren has announced that Eni Ghana has started drilling the Nunya-1X exploration well on the Keta black, offshore Ghana, in which it owns a 35% interest.

FTSE 250 oil and gas company Afren has announced that Eni Ghana has started drilling the Nunya-1X exploration well on the Keta black, offshore Ghana, in which it owns a 35% interest.

The Nyunga prospect is a "four-way dip closed structure with a primary reservoir target comprising Upper Cretaceous deep-marine fan sandstones that are analogous to those that have yielded significant discoveries elsewhere along the West Africa Transform Margin," Afren said.

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