Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 46

14-November-2005

MAURITANIA

Woodside Group Spuds Labeidna-1 Well Offshore Mauritania

The group led by Australias Woodside Petroleum developing Mauritanias offshore PSC A, PSC B and Chinguetti field licenses has announced that the Labeidna-1 well was spudded on 5 November by the Stena Tay drilling rig in a water depth of 1,266ms in the vicinity of the Chinguetti field. The well will target Miocene turbidite sands and reach 3,095ms. Meanwhile, the group...