Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 27

4-July-2005

MAURITANIA

Woodside Announces Offshore Mauritania 2005 Drilling Schedule

Australias Woodside Petroleum on 22 June announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Woodside Mauritania had selected the locations for three exploration wells to be drilled during 2005. Two of the wells, Sotto and Colin, would target relatively high risk but potentially high reward prospects in the PSC Area A concession. A third well, Espadon, is targeting a...