VOL. XLVI

No 51/52

22/29-December-2003

MAURITANIA

Woodside To Abandon Dry Chinguetti-5-1 Well, Plans Additional Step-Out For Tiof Discovery

The offshore Mauritanian Area B consortium, which is operated by Australias Woodside, has plugged and abandoned the Chingeutti-5-1 exploration well after encountering no significant hydrocarbons. According to a statement by partner Hardman Resources, the consortium has agreed to drill an additional exploration well as a step-out well from the successful Tiof-1...