Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 5

30-January-2006

MAURITANIA

Woodside Spuds Offshore Dore-1 Well In PSC Area BAustralias Woodside Petroleum spudded the Dore-1 exploration well in PSC Area B using the Stena Tay drill rig on 16 January and reported on 23 January that the well had reached a depth of 1,993ms. Woodside, the operator, said the well would be cased and then drilled to a target depth of 2,388ms. The Dore-1 well lies some 19km east of the Tiof oil discovery. When the well is...