Ethiopia: Two wells in prospect as exploration pace picks up

As the pace of East African exploration picks up, Tullow Oil spudded the Tutule-1 well on 21 September in the South Omo Block in the Southern Rift Basin. Joint venture partner Africa Oil Corporation said the well would test the Tertiary rift play in a horst block feature 4km east of the recent Sabisa-1 well, which proved the basic elements of a hydrocarbon system including reservoir, seal and source. Further east on Block 8 in the Ogaden Basin, operator New Age (African Global Energy) is expected to spud the El Kuran well later this month.