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    1. Drilling & Completion

    Tullow preparing to drill offshore Suriname

    Jan. 27, 2021
    Tullow Oil expects drilling to start shortly on the Goliathberg-Voltzberg North prospect in block 47 offshore Suriname.
    (Courtesy Stena Drilling)
    The drillship Stena Forth will drill for Tullow offshore Suriname.
    The drillship Stena Forth will drill for Tullow offshore Suriname.

    Offshore staff

    LONDON – Tullow Oil expects drilling to start shortly on the Goliathberg-Voltzberg North prospect in block 47 offshore Suriname.

    The company and its partners are also developing a prospect inventory on the Orinduik and Kanuku licences offshore neighboring Guyana.

    Offshore Ghana, a drilling rig should start operations for the company during 2Q, with the first new production well on the Jubilee set to come online in 3Q.

    A new oil offloading system currently being commissioned on Jubilee should be ready for a first lifting in February.

    01/27/2021