Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 38

19-September-2005

MAURITANIA

Woodside Says Espadon-1 Offshore Well Shows No Significant Hydrocarbons

Australias Woodside Petroleum on 13 September said that the Stena Tay rig had drilled the Espadon-1 well to a final depth of 3,042ms and that logs and other data acquired while drilling indicated that the well did not encounter any significant hydrocarbons. The Espadon-1 well was spudded on 29 August (MEES, 5 September). Preparations to plug and abandon...