Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the Ngara-1 exploration well, which is located in the Butiaba region of Uganda Block 2, has encountered over 8 metres of net oil pay.
Located approximately one kilometre from the crest of the structure, the well was drilled to a total depth of 741 metres and has been successfully logged and sampled. Good quality basal sands were encountered with over 8 metres of net oil pay in a 17 metre gross reservoir interval with additional potential up-dip.
The Ngara-1 well is located approximately 3 km south of the Ngege-1 discovery and de-risks two adjacent traps within the Ngara fault block. Consideration will be given to these and other prospects as part of the next Block 2 drilling campaign which is expected to commence early in 2010.
The well is now being suspended as a future oil producer. The Ngara-1 well and the other discoveries made in Uganda will form part of the detailed basin development plan which the integrated project team is currently working on.