Offshore Drilling News in Mauritania
| 5/7/2008 - Roc Oil (Mauritania) Company advised that the Banda NW ST-1 sidetrack well had been suspended. The results of the wireline logging, Modular Dynamic Tester (MDT) pressure testing and sampling indicate ... |
| 4/16/2008 - Roc Oil (Mauritania) Company advised that the Banda NW appraisal well had reached a Total Depth of 2,703 mBRT and a wireline logging programme is underway. Following completion of the wireline logging... |
| 4/9/2008 - Roc Oil (Mauritania) Company advised that the Banda NW appraisal well commenced drilling on 2 April 2008. The well is located approximately 2 kilometres west of the 2002 discovery well, Banda-1 and ab... |
| 3/24/2008 - Roc Oil (Mauritania) Company advised the Khop-1 exploration well was drilled to a Total Depth of 4,265 mBRT. The well is being plugged and abandoned after encountering thin sands with oil shows that a... |
| 3/19/2008 - Roc Oil (Mauritania) Company advised that the Khop-1 exploration well has been drilled to a depth of 4,158 mBRT.The forward programme is to continue to drill to the planned Total Depth of 4,320 mBRT. ... |
| 3/12/2008 - Roc Oil (Mauritania) Company advised that the current operation at the Khop-1 exploration well was running 9-5/8" casing at a depth of 3,262 mBRT. The Khop-1 exploration well is located approximately ... |
| 2/12/2008 - Roc Oil (Mauritania) Company advised the imminent commencement of a two well exploration/appraisal drilling programme offshore Mauritania. The Atwood "Hunter" drilling rig will shortly commence drilli... |
| 1/23/2007 - Further to its Stock Exchange Release on 9 January 2006 regarding the Woodside-operated Chinguetti-18 development well in PSC B, ROC advises that as of 14 January 2007, the well has been drilled to a ... |
| 12/5/2006 - Dana Petroleum reports that its deep-water drilling operations have now been completed at the Aigrette-1 exploration well, in Block 7 offshore Mauritania. Aigrette-1 has discovered oil in the targeted... |
| 10/17/2006 - Hardman Resources Limited announced that since the last report on the Aigrette-1 exploration well in Block 7 offshore Mauritania, West Africa, the well has been drilled to a depth of 2,014 metres, 20 ... |
| 8/1/2006 - Dana petroleum will use the Atwood Hunter rig for two wells offshore Mauritania beginning in August. The first is targeting the Flamant prospect in Block 8, which is a very large carbonate structure i... |
| 6/7/2006 - Woodside Mauritania Pty. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Woodside Petroleum Ltd., and its joint venture participants in Mauritania have signed revised production sharing contracts (PSCs) for offsho... |
| 1/30/2006 - Hardman Resources Limited announced that the ‘Stena Tay’ has drilled the Dore-1 exploration well to a total depth of 2,266 meters. Wireline logging has been completed and indicates the well has not en... |
| 1/23/2006 - Hardman Resources Limited announced that the ‘Stena Tay’ has drilled the Dore-1 exploration well to a depth of 1,993 metres. Current operations have the ‘Stena Tay’ preparing to run casing and drill a... |
| 11/24/2005 - Dana petroleum has announced that the Stena Tay drilling rig is now on location in Block 1 and has commenced drilling operations on the Faucon-1 well, the first of a number of higher-risk but potentia... |
| 10/18/2005 - The ‘Stena Tay’ drilling rig has sidetracked the Tevét-2 borehole from 3,048 metres. An 8-1/2” hole section was drilled to the 7” casing point at 3,667 metres. At midnight on the 17 October preparatio... |
| 9/6/2005 - Espadon-1 Exploration Well ,(PSC B), Progress and Current Status: Since the last report on 30 August 2005 the Espadon-1 well was drilled by the “Stena Tay” rig to a depth of 2,523 metres when operatio... |
| 10/7/2004 - Technip has been awarded by Subsea 7 a contract worth approximately 40 million Euros, for the supply of all risers and some of the flowlines for the Chinguetti field, the first oil development offshor... |
| 1/6/2004 - Hardman Resources Ltd ("Hardman") is pleased to advise that the PSC Area B joint venture has voted
unanimously in favour of a "Declaration of Commerciality" for the Chinguetti Oil Field, offshore Mau... |
| 12/29/2003 - Dana Petroleum is pleased to announce that the Pelican-1 exploration well, drilled in Block 7 offshore Mauritania, has discovered significant hydrocarbons within its primary, Tertiary age target horiz... |
