Tullow Oil Begins Drilling In South Omo

The British oil exploration firm, Tullow Oil Plc, has begun drilling a well, in the concession it has in South Omo, southern regional state.
 This came at the backdrop of seismic tests the company carried out for a year and half, on an area covering 18,000 square kilometre. The bloc where the drilling started – named after a rare bird in the area, Sabisa (literally translated to heron), – last week. It is the first well in Ethiopia for the British oil company. Petronas, a Malaysian oil giant, was the first to dig wells in the search for oil in Ethiopia, in Gambella Regional State. Oil was not found in any of the wells Petronas dug before its departure from Ethiopia a couple of years ago.