Tullow reports oil find at Uganda well

Exploration company Tullow Oil reported this morning that it has discovered oil at its Kigogole-1 well in the Butiaba region …

Exploration company Tullow Oil reported this morning that it has discovered oil at its Kigogole-1 well in the Butiaba region of Uganda.

The company said a well drilled to 2,021 feet had encountered two oil zones with a net pay of 10 meters.

"Kigogole is the fifth successive discovery in the Butiaba region within the last five months," chief executive Officer Aidan Heavey said in a statement.

Bloomberg

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