{"id":1081,"date":"2014-05-23T12:55:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T09:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2015-09-04T09:21:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T09:21:14","slug":"tullow-oil-unsuccessful-in-ethiopias-south-omo-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/tullow-oil-unsuccessful-in-ethiopias-south-omo-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Tullow Oil unsuccessful in Ethiopia’s South Omo Block"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tullow Oil plc has announced that the Shimela-1 well encountered water bearing reservoirs.<\/p>\n

Shimela-1 in the South Omo Block, onshore Ethiopia, was drilled to test a prospect in a north-western sub-basin of the vast Chew Bahir basin.\u00a0The frontier wildcat well encountered lacustrine and volcanic rocks including almost 100 metres of net sandstone reservoir within siltstones and claystones. Trace thermogenic gas shows were recorded at 1,900 metres.<\/p>\n

The Exalo 205 rig drilled Shimela-1 to a final depth of 1,940 metres. The rig will now be moved to drill the Gardim-1 wildcat exploration well in a completely separate sub-basin, in the south-eastern corner of the Chew Bahir basin.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough the Shimela well only found traces of thermogenic gas, it has provided key data to continue to build our understanding of the north-western part of the Chew Bahir basin. The prospectivity at the Gardim-1 well, which is targeting an independent petroleum system in a separate south-eastern sub-basin, is not affected by this result,” said\u00a0Angus McCoss, Exploration Director, Tullow Oil plc.<\/p>\n

Tullow Operates the South Omo Block with 50% equity and is partnered by Africa Oil Corporation (30%) and Marathon Oil Ethiopia Limited B.V. (20%), a wholly owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation).<\/p>\n

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[twitter-follow screen_name=’oilnewskenya’] Tullow Oil plc has announced that the Shimela-1 well encountered water bearing reservoirs. 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