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Thursday, July 11, 2013
Ophir Energy has completed the drilling of the Starfish-1 well offshore Ghana on the Offshore Accra Contract Area. Wireline logging has confirmed the presence of a gross 230 meter sandstone interval in the primary (Lower Cretaceous) target interval although logs show these to be water wet.
The secondary target (‘Orca’) contained poorly developed sands which were also water-bearing.
The well was drilled by the Stena DrillMax drillship in the frontier Keta basin, located within the West African Transform Margin play. The well was drilled in 1,490 meters of water and reached a total depth of 4,348 meters subsea.
Nick Cooper, CEO, commented: “Whilst it is disappointing that the first well on this license has been unsuccessful, our primary reason for farming-in to this acreage was the play potential outboard of the Starfish prospect. The results of this well will provide valuable geological information as we look to analyze the further prospectivity of the license area.”
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