Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 35

29-August-2005

MAURITANIA

Woodside Says Sotto-1 Well Shows No Significant Hydrocarbons

Australias Woodside Petroleum on 23 August said the Stena Tay rig had drilled the Sotto-1 ST1 sidetrack well to a final total depth of 3,279ms and that logs and other data acquired while drilling suggested that the well did not encounter any significant hydrocarbons (MEES, 22 August). It said that preparations were under way to begin wireline logging. Following...