In a remarkable run of luck, a clutch of petroleum companies prospecting for oil and gas in the deepwater portion of the US Gulf of Mexico have collectively struck big-time paydirt, with one discovery quite possibly holding up to 1billion barrels oil equivalent.
Hess has struck oil with its Pecan-1 exploration well drilled on the Deepwater Tano/Cape Three Points licence offshore Ghana.
Tullow Oil has made another significant discovery in its Deepwater Tano block offshore Ghana with its Wawa-1 exploration well drilled 10km (6miles) north of the Enyenra-3A well.
SHELL, with Nexen, has made a major new oil strike in the deepwater sector of the eastern US Gulf of Mexico.