Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 43

25-October-2004

MAURITANIA

Woodside Sees Early Mixed Results From Mauritania Drilling Campaign

Woodside Petroleum has seen mixed results early on its drilling campaign offshore Mauritania. The company announced on 8 October that its Tiof-3 appraisal well had intersected a gross oil column of 134ms and subsequently said that the well was being sidetracked and cored ahead of a flow test. Meanwhile the Tevet-1 well has confirmed a gross gas column of 70ms...