In an update on its international drilling activity, exploration company Tullow Oil said it has succeeded in getting natural gas from its Bangora1- well in Bangladesh. It has a 30% stake in the field.
The company said the work is a long term production test and forms part of an appraisal programme to test the size and connectivity of the reservoir discovered by the Bangora and Lalmai wells in 2004.
The Bangora-2 appraisal well started drilling on April 22 and is expected to take 40 days to reach its reservoir target. One more appraisal well is planned with two more wells dependent on results.
Tullow said that in the event of positive results from this programme, it plans to declare commerciality and submit a full field development plan by the end of the year.
In Pakistan, Tullow has plugged and abandoned the Shahpur-Chakar-1 exploration well. It said that although shows were encountered during drilling, all viable reservoirs proved to be water wet. The company has a 30% stake in the well.
After yielding negative results, Tullow has also plugged and abandoned its Gryphon Marine 1 well in Gabon. It had a 15% stake in the well.
In Uganda, Tullow said that drilling on its M'puta-2 appraisal well started earlier this month to test the extend of the reservoirs discovered in M'puta-1. The company has a 50% stake in the area.
The exploration well targeting the major deep water Banyan prospect in Block L in Equatorial Guinea started on May 5. Tullow has a 10% stake in the field.
