10:52 AM EST - Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. : Announced that drilling operations have commenced offshore Guyana with the spudding of the first exploration well on its Jethro-Lobe prospect on the Orinduik Block. Jethro-Lobe was spud at 22:45hrs (Local Guyana time) on Thursday, July 4, using the Stena Forth drillship. Eco and its partners on the Orinduik Block, Tullow Guyana B.V. (Operator, 60% Working Interest and Total E&P Guyana B.V. (25% WI), estimate the well will take up to 40 days to drill. Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd.
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