Heritage Oil Starts Drilling Warthog-1 in Uganda

Heritage Oil has commenced drilling the Warthog-1 exploration well in Block 1, Uganda and the Kingfisher-3 appraisal well in Block 3A, Uganda. The Warthog-1 exploration well is being drilled to an anticipated depth of approximately 1,000 meters and is expected to take less than one month to complete. The discovery in the Kasamene-1 well in Block 2, which encountered a reported net oil column of 31 meters in a gross interval of 75 meters, has significantly lowered the exploration risk of Warthog and other prospects in Block 1. Kasamene-1, located approximately 2.5 kilometers from the Block 1 border and approximately 5 kilometers southwest of the Warthog-1 well, appears to have been drilled on the same structural trend as Warthog...more...