VOL. XLV

No 43

28-October-2002

MAURITANIA

Petronas Farms Into Mauritania Offshore Block 6

Petronas Carigali has reached agreement to farm into Mauritanias offshore Block 6 (Thon Prospect), according to a statement by block operator Woodside Petroleum (for map, see MEES, 12 August). Revised equities will be Woodside (37.58%), Hardman Resources (22.42%), Roc Oil (5%) and Petronas Carigali (35%). Woodside said that the Chinguetti-6-1 exploration well on the Thon Prospect was spudded on 20 October...