A six-generation drillship has set sail for Ghana where it is expected to commence drilling at the West Cape Three Points Block 2 (WCTP Block 2) for a Ghanaian oil and gas firm on behalf of Tullow Oil Ghana Limited.
The Ghanaian company, Springfield Exploration & Production Limited, will use the Stena Forth rig to drill at the West Cape Three Points Block 2 for Tullow Oil on an initial three-well campaign.
Stena Forth was engaged by Tullow for its Guyana operations.
This becomes the second time the drillship is coming to Ghana. It previously delivered for Tullow, best-in-class safety and operational performance.
The 10-year old dynamically positioned drillship has a maximum water depth of 10,000ft and maximum drilling depth of 35,000ft.
It is capable of drilling in water depths up to 10,000’ using 18 3?4” – 15,000psi Cameron TL BOP and Cameron Load King Riser.
“The countdown begins!!! The Stena Forth’s journey to Ghana has finally begun; in the next few weeks our history-making drilling campaign will commence,” chief executive of Springfield Group, Kevin Okyere said Monday.
The feat, he explained in an Instagram post, will see his company become “the first independent African energy company to drill in deep water”.
The additional rig capacity will enable Tullow to carry out simultaneous drilling and completion activity, allowing the tie-in of new wells to be brought forward.
Under the contract, Stena will first target the Oak-1x well on trend with the Beech discovery, made on the Deep Water Tano Cape Three Points block (DWT/CTP) to the south-west of WCTP Block 2.
The next well, Afina-1x, will test the Cenomanian oil potential on a similar play fairway to discovered resources to the east of WCTP Block 2. Springfield continues to work to firm up further drilling locations on the highly prospective WCTP Block 2.
By 3news.com|Ghana
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