Eni has announced a significant oil discovery on the Eban exploration prospect in CTP Block 4, offshore Ghana. The Eban – 1X well is the second well drilled in CTP Block 4, following the Akoma discovery. Preliminary estimates place the potential of the Eban–Akoma complex between 500 and 700 Mboe. The Eban – 1X well
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling on Thursday confirmed a long-term contract with Tullow Oil for its Maersk Venturer drillship off Ghana. The firm contract following the previously agreed conditional letter of award, and includes the provision of the ultra-deepwater drillship and additional services for a development drilling campaign at the TEN and Jubilee fields
Oil and gas company Tullow Oil on Tuesday said it was starting a multi-year, multi-well drilling campaign offshore Ghana. The campaign started with the start of drilling of the first well at the Jubilee offshore field on Monday. Maersk Drilling’s Maersk Venturer drillship is expected to drill four wells in total in 2021, consisting of
Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister for Energy, Republic of GhanaGhana’s new Minister for Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has given indication of his support for the country’s upstream regulator, Petroleum Commission to ensure that foreigners who do business in the country deal fairly with Ghanaians. “As Minister for Energy, I am in a good position
Ghana is looking at having a long term partnership with the Tullow Oil Plc, Ireland-based oil and gas firm, Ghana’s Minister for Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said.“We want to have a long-term partnership with the company and I believe it is important to look back at our relationship and see how we can
Tullow Oil Ghana has announced a $4.4-billion investment in the country’s oilfields over a 10-year period.The investment will be channelled into drilling of more than 50 new oil wells and the installation of additional subsea infrastructure on the Jubilee and Tweneboa, Enyira and Ntomme (TEN) oilfields. It forms part of Tullow’s comprehensive plan to deliver
The government has ensured the timely release of allocations to the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), the body charged to monitor the responsible use of oil revenue and resources in the country. “Government since 2017 has ensured that, unlike in the past, the budgetary allocations of PIAC have been released to enable it undertake
Maersk Venturer – Credit: Maersk Drilling Oil and gas company Tullow Oil has extended the contract with Maersk Drilling for the use of the Maersk Venturer drillship in Angola, following the contract termination for the same rig announced in March. Namely, Maersk Drilling in March said that Tullow had sent it a notice “of early termination
AGM makes oil discovery off Ghana Gibraltar-registered player unearths find at its South Deepwater Tano (SDWT) tract AGM Petroleum has made an oil discovery on its South Deepwater Tano (SDWT) block off Ghana, according to related company Aker ASA. “We are pleased to announce that oil has been discovered in the AGM block,” Aker ASA
Tullow Oil is set to drill and complete seven wells on its two major fields off Ghana this year as it targets a ramp-up in production. The Anglo-Irish independent is also ready to bring online the second of two new producers drilled on the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) field last year in about a month. The seven
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