Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 34

22-August-2005

MAURITANIA

Woodside Sidetracks Sotto-1 Well

Australias Woodside Petroleum on 16 August announced that the Stena Tay drilling rig had drilled the Sotto-1 well to a depth of 1,353ms. The company then sidetracked the well because of operational difficulties. It said that preparations were under way to drill the Sotto-1 ST1 sidetrack to a planned total depth of 3,350ms. The Sotto-1 well was spudded on 6 August (MEES, 15 August). Meanwhile,...