Tullow Oil has confirmed that it has discovered further oil at its Ngamia-1 well in Kenya
Clarification of the discovery was made by the company after information was inadvertently revealed during a meeting between Tullow and certain investors in Nairobi.
During the meeting it was revealed that was drilling into its primary target and that initial results appeared to indicate that the well had intersected further oil-bearing sands.
The company confirmed that the Ngamia-1 well has encountered oil and gas shows over a gross interval of 140 m from a depth of 1,800 m to 1,940 m. The reservoirs are similar to those previously encountered at a shallower depth.
The well will continue to be drilled to a total depth of 2,700 m and then logged and sampled, with the process expected to take a further three weeks to complete.
