Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Kisumu City
TULLOWO Oil , the Irish firm that carries out the exploration of oil and gas in Uganda, has announced more has been discovered in Balisia district.
It says, in a statement released to the press, that two appraisals of wells in Balisia district have confirmed the presence of a massive oil reservoir, hastening steps towards early petroleum production in the country.
The review was done on the Kasamene 3 and Kasamene 3A wells in the Butiaba region of Balisa 2. It also discovered more oil at the Warhindi North fault scheme.
The Kasamene oil field is where Tallow Oil wants to locate the early oil production scheme
“These exploratory appraisal results have shown the potential in this area. This now take us a significant step towards the first oil production in Uganda at the Kasamene filed next year,” the company’s exploration director Angus MacCross told newsmen.
McCross disclosed that Tullow was working closely with the Ugandan government on the way of accelerating the exploration and appraisal activities in the region.
“We also look forward to commencing a north well program with a second rig in Block 1 next month,” said McCross.
According to the statement from Tallow Oil, the Kasamene-3 well is 1,109 meters deep and over 2 kilometers from Kasamene 1 discovery well.
The result of logging confirmed 10 meters of oil pay within a 35 meters thick reservoir section of the Kasamene fields.
Pressure data confirmed this pay to be in communication with the up-dip Kasamene -1 well, extending the column height of these to over 100 meters.
A high quality reservoir, 25 meters thick, were encountered as projected below the oil water contents. “This outcome proves the viability of this location as a future water injection point to support oil production,” says Tullow ‘s statement.
A second well, to explore the Warhindi North fault block, was also drilled through the top-hole section of Kasamene-3. The well encountered over 15 meters of oil pay.
The rig will now move to the Kais-Tonya area to drill, the Nzizi-3 appraisal well to support the accelerated Nzizi oil development project.
Kasamene-3A,well drilled about 988 meters deep into a separate fault compartment, about 300 meters Kasamene-3.
Tullow has interests in the three licenses in the Lake Albert Rift Basin in Uganda. lt is the sole owner and operated Block 2.
The firm also has 50 per cent stake in Block-1 and 3A operated by Heritage Oil, which has the other 50 per cent.
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11th Jan.2011
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