Ghana's Jubilee Field Begins 4D Seismic in 2025
Offshore Africa|August 2024
Ghana’s flagship offshore Jubilee field will undergo a new 4D seismic study at the beginning of 2025 to enhance the drilling of new wells later in the year.
Ghana's Jubilee Field Begins 4D Seismic in 2025

The field is currently underperforming, producing 90,000 barrels per day, instead of the projected 100,000 barrels. The J-69 well which came onstream in February 2024 at the Jubilee Southeast has underperformed impacting on overall field production.

Speaking on the performance of Jubilee and TEN fields in the first half of 2024, Andy Inglis, Chairman/CEO of Kosmos Energy, a partner for the Jubilee/ TEN field project, noted that after 14 years of oil production at the prolific Jubilee field with an estimated recoverable resource of one billion barrels, with only a little more than half of its receovrable resurce drilled so far. Kosmos Energy and partners are keen to sustain commitments to effectively exploit its oil and gas.

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