Mahama announces hydrocarbon discovery off Ghana
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on MyJoyOnline
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has announced a new hydrocarbon discovery in the Cape Three Points block, off the country. The well was drilled by Planet 1 Oil and Gas with Bowler Upstream and GNPC; evaluation work is still needed before any development decision, according to MyJoyOnline.
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama is announcing a new hydrocarbon discovery in the Deepwater Cape Three Points block, in the Tano Basin, off Ghana. He announced it on Tuesday at the Petroleum Commission’s local content conference, in the Western Region.
The N1 GDA 9 1 X well was drilled by Planet 1 Oil and Gas Limited, in partnership with Bowler Upstream Limited and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), the state-owned Ghanaian oil company. According to Mahama, it is the country’s first success in a Cenomanian-Turonian carbonate reservoir targeted as the main exploration objective. The well also targeted, as a secondary objective, the Albian formation.
Ghana will need to carry out further evaluation work to establish the extent and commercial potential of this discovery before any development decision.
