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Ghana discovery list grows with Vanco-Lukoil find

03/15/2010
By Alan Petzet
Another name is added to the list of major oil and gas discoveries off Ghana as Vanco Ghana Ltd. and Lukoil Overseas Ghana Ltd. reported a gas-condensate and oil discovery at the Dzata-1 exploratory well.The Dzata discovery in a Cenomanian-Albian faulted anticlinal trap opens a new prospective trend in the eastern part of the Tano basin, the companies said.Dzata-1 went to a total depth of 4,433 m in 1,878 m of water 45 miles south of Cape Three Points on the Cape Three Points deepwater block. The discovery is discerned from the results of drilling, wireline logs, and reservoir fluid samples.The well encountered 94 m of gross hydrocarbon column topped at 3,653 m with 25 m of net stacked oi...
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