Tullow Oil’s Shimela-1 Well in Ethiopia Was a Waste of Resources, Encounters Water

Tullow Oil’S Shimela-1 well in the South Omo Block, onshore Ethiopia, has encountered water-bearing reservoirs making the spudding a loss to the Africa focused oil explorer. Shimela-1 well in the South Omo Block lies on the Chew Bahir basin. Tullow says it drilled the well to test a prospect in a northwestern sub-basin of the...