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Mantra well result offshore Norway
Mantra well result offshore Norway.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2886W Tullow Oil PLC 24 December 2013 \n \n\nNews Release\n \nMantra well result offshore Norway \n24 December 2013 - Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that the 31/3-4 exploration well on the Mantra prospect offshore Norway has encountered reservoir quality sands but all intervals are water wet. \nThe 31/3-4 wildcat was the first exploration well in the Tullow operated 551 production licence and was targeting the Upper Jurassic Sognefjord Formation reservoir as the main target, with additional prospectivity in Paleocene Lista sands and Middle Jurassic Brent Group.\n \nThe semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Barents drilled 31/3-4 to a vertical depth of approximately 2,082 metres subsea before it was terminated in the Middle Jurassic Brent Group. \n \nThe well, located approximately 10km north of the Troll C platform in the North Sea, will now be logged before being plugged and abandoned.\n \nTullow holds an 80% working interest in the 551 production licence and is partnered by Det Norske (20% interest).\n \nFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:\n\n\n\n\nTullow Oil plc \n(London)(+44 20 3249 9000)\nChris Perry (Investor Relations)\nJames Arnold (Investor Relations)\nGeorge Cazenove (Media Relations)\n\n\nCitigate Dewe Rogerson\n(London) (+44 207 638 9571)\nMartin Jackson\nPriscilla Garcia \n\n\nMurray Consultants(Dublin)\n(+353 1 498 0300)\nEd Micheau\nJoe Heron\n\n\nFirst House\n(Oslo)\n(+47 908 79 108)\nGeir Gjervan\n\n\n\n\n \nNotes to Editors\n \nTullow Oil plc\nTullow is a leading independent oil & gas, exploration and production group, quoted on the London, Irish and Ghanaian stock exchanges (symbol: TLW) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The Group has interests in over 150 exploration and production licences across 25 countries which are managed as three regional business units: West & North Africa, South & East Africa and Europe, South America and...