Oil and gas firm Tullow, which released record results earlier this week, had more good news for shareholders with the successful drilling of an appraisal well off the coast of Ghana.
The group said the Enyenra-4A appraisal well, in the deep-water Tano licence offshore Ghana, has successfully encountered oil in very good quality sandstone reservoirs. There might be more to come from this prospect, too, as the company added that there is good evidence of communication with the Owo-1 discovery wells and the Enyenra appraisal wells, which confirms the significant extent of the Enyenra light oil field.
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