Exploration success

Last updated: 3 Mar 2011

Tullow continues to maintain a very high exploration and appraisal success rate across its portfolio. 2010 was a particularly strong year with 24 out of 29 exploration and appraisal wells discovering hydrocarbons, giving a success rate of 83%. In 2009, Tullow drilled a total of 15 exploration and appraisal wells, achieving an industry leading 87% success rate. The information contained in these tables records all the exploration and appraisal drilling results since 2008.

 

2011 Discoveries 2011 Dry wells
  Name Country   Name Country
1 Tweneboa-3 Ghana  1  Gharabi Mauritania
2 Tweneboa-3A Ghana      
3 Cormoran-1 Mauritania      
4 Nsoga-2 Uganda      
5 Teak-1 Ghana      
6 Enyenra-2A Ghana      

 2011 Success rate is 6 discoveries out of 7 wells = 86%

 

2010 Discoveries 2010 Dry wells
  Name Country   Name Country
1 Tweneboa-2 Ghana 1 Likonde-1 Tanzania
2 Kasamene-2 Uganda 2 Dahoma-1 Ghana
3 OMOC-N1 Gabon 3 Noix de Coco-1 Gabon
4 Kasamene-3 Uganda 4 Onyina-1 Ghana
5 Kasamene-3A Uganda Falcon North-1 Gabon
6 Nzizi-3 Uganda      
7 Mahogany-5 Ghana      
8 Shekhan-1 Pakistan      
9 Nsoga-5 Uganda      
10 Owo-1 Ghana      
11 Ngiri-2 Uganda      
12 Kigogole-2 Uganda      
13 Kigogole-5 Uganda      
14 Mpyo-1 Uganda      
15 Owo-1 ST Ghana      
16 Kigogole-4 Uganda      
17 Onal-1004 Gabon      
18 OMOC-N301 Gabon      
19 OMOC-N201 Gabon      
20 OMOC-N302 Gabon      
21 OMOC-N302 ST Gabon      
22 OMOC-103 Gabon      
23 OMOC-501 Gabon      
24 Mercury-1 Sierra Leone      

2010 Success rate was 24 discoveries out of 29 wells = 83%

2009 Discoveries 2009 Dry wells
  Name Country   Name Country
1 Giraffe-1 (Rii) Uganda 1 Awaka Uganda
2 Mputa-5 Uganda 2 South Grand Lahou Côte d'Ivoire
3 Tweneboa-1 Ghana      
4 Karuka-2 Uganda      
5 Nsoga-1 Uganda      
6 Kigogole-3 Uganda      
7 Warhindi-1 Uganda      
8 Ngara-1 Uganda      
9 Ngassa-2 Uganda      
10 Venus B-1 Sierra Leone      
11 Mahogany-4 Ghana      
12 Odum-2 Ghana      
13 Mahogany Deep-2 Ghana      

2009 Success rate was 13 discoveries from 15 wells = 87%

2008 Discoveries 2008 Dry wells
  Name Country   Name Country
1 Ngassa-1 Uganda 1 Doris UK
2 Ngege-1 Uganda 2 Khop Mauritania
3 Taitai-1 Uganda 3 C1 India
4 Karuka-1 Uganda 4 G1 India
5 Kasamene-1 Uganda 5 F1 India
6 Kingfisher-2 Uganda      
7 Kigogole-1 Uganda      
8 Warthog-1 (Ngiri) Uganda      
9 Kingfisher-3 Uganda      
10 Buffalo-1 (Jobi) Uganda      
11 Odum-1 Ghana      
12 Mahogany-2 Ghana      
13 Mahogany-3 Ghana      
14 Hyedua-2 Ghana      
15 Ebony-1 Ghana      
16 Banda North West Mauritania      
17 Banda East Mauritania      

2008 Success rate was 17 discoveries from 22 wells = 77%

Tullow exploration film

Screenshot of exploration video

Learn more about the process behind Tullow's exploration strategy by viewing our film.