Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 35

30-August-2004

EGYPT

Fire On Transocean Drilling Rig On WDDM Offshore Concession Brought Under Control

Houston-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean announced on 24 August that its semi submersible rig Jim Cunningham experienced a well control incident on 20 August while drilling offshore Egypt in the BG-operated West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) concession. A fire resulted from the incident and was contained within the rig floor before being...