Tullow Oil has commenced a testing programme, on Twiga South-1 onshore Kenya and is expected to be completed by February 2013.
Operations following testing will include the drilling of the Etuko-1 well on what was formerly known as the Kamba prospect and flow testing Ngamia-1, the first commercial discovery in the country.
The Twiga South test “is to build up our knowledge of the natural variance in reservoir performance”, the company says, “ Test flow rates are not expected to exceed 500 BOPD per interval due to the limits of the test equipment, reservoir energy and thereservoir quality”. Five tests are planned with three in the Upper Lokhone reservoir.
