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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Ophir Energy has spud its first well offshore Ghana. The company is drilling the Starfish-1 well on its operated Offshore Accra PSC concession. The well is being drilled by the Stena Drillmax drillship.
The Starfish-1 well is located in water depths of 1,500 meters and has a target depth of 3,850 meters. The well is designed as a play-opener to test a stratigraphic onlap trap.
Ophir’s management estimates mean prospective resources of 292 mmboe with a 20% chance of success for the Starfish prospect. The well is expected to require approximately 40 days to complete.
Nick Cooper, CEO of Ophir said, “The Starfish-1 well is a playfinder exploration well designed to test a potential eastwards extension of the transform margin play. The well kicks off an acceleration of Ophir’s drilling operations into a broader gas and oil exploration program, with four new oil plays being targeted in the next 12 months in addition to the ongoing gas exploration in Tanzania.”
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