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Monday, July 1, 2013
Tap Oil Ltd. updated the drilling status of the Starfish-1 exploration well offshore Ghana on the Offshore Accra Contract Area. Since June 19 the well has been drilled to a depth of 8,619 ft. Tap said the 20-inch casing was run and set at 7,277 ft and the BOPs were installed, prior to drilling ahead in the 17.5-inch hole section.
The forward plan is to drill ahead in the 17.5-inch hole to the next casing point planned at 9,478 ft.
The Starfish-1 is targeting a large stratigraphic trap in the deep water of eastern Ghana, interpreted to be potentially comparable to the Jubilee oil field in western Ghana. Tap estimates that the well will target prospective resources potentially half a billion barrels, (431 million barrels [P50]).
The well is being drilled as a vertical well in a water depth of 4,921 ft and is expected to take 35 days, barring any incidents, to drill to a proposed total depth of 14,961 ft.
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