Twiga South-1 well flows 2,800 bopd
British oil explorer Tullow Oil Plc has completed a testing program for the Twiga South-1 well with results showing that the well has a cumulative flow rate of 2,812 barrels of oil per day (bopd).
In a statement, the oil explorer said that the well holds a potential of producing up to 5,200 barrels of oil per day if pumped using high efficiency equipment.
“The testing program at the Twiga South-1 oil discovery has now been successfully completed with a cumulative flow rate of 2,812 bopd, constrained by surface equipment. With optimised equipment, these flow rates would increase to a cumulative rate of around 5,200 bopd,” read the statement in part.
Tullow expressed optimism of encountering similar or better results in the forthcoming testing program at the Ngamia-1 well that is scheduled to kick off in March and end in May.
The results are the first to be released since the British firm encountered oil deposits in Kenya in March last year and industry analysts say that they are an indicator of potential commercially viable oil deposits in the country.
Since the March 2012 oil discovery at the Ngamia-1 well which was followed by two other discoveries of oil and natural gas at the Twiga South-1 well and at offshore Block L8 in the Lamu basin, Kenya has attracted increased attention from international exploration companies.
Test results of the Ngamia-I well, expected to be released in May will give a further indication on whether the country is headed to the list of oil producing nations.
