Lloyds List: Woodside checks out early signs of African oil finds
“Shell and Pan-Ocean Energy have found oil with the Awokou onshore well in Gabon.”
Martyn Wingrove
Oct 06, 2004
WOODSIDE is evaluating signs that it has struck oil with its latest deepwater exploration wells in Mauritania, increasing its reserves in two key oilfield developments in the African country.
The Australian oil company is drilling a 21-well programme offshore Mauritania with two drilling units and has already gained encouraging indications of finding new oil reserves.
Semi-submersible Stena Tay, drilling on the Tevet prospect 10 km north east of the Chinguetti field, has encountered oil-bearing zones. It has started a logging programme on the well to provide more details of the potential reserves in the prospect.