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Kosmos Energy Announces Discovery at Wawa, Offshore Ghana
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Kosmos Energy has reported that the Wawa-1 exploration well, drilled in the Deepwater Tano Block offshore Ghana, has intersected oil and gas-condensate in a Turonian-aged turbidite channel system. The Wawa-1 well encountered 20 meters (65 feet) of gas-condensate pay and 13 meters (42 feet) of oil pay in turbidite sands. Fluid samples indicate the oil to be good quality, between 38 and 44 degrees API.
The well was drilled 10 kilometers (over six miles) north of the Enyenra-3A well, and pressure data shows that it is a separate accumulation from the TEN fields (Tweneboa, Enyenra, and Ntomme). The Atwood Hunter rig drilled Wawa-1 to a final depth of 3,322 meters (10,899 feet) in a water depth of 587 meters (1,926 feet). The well is currently being suspended for possible future use in…
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