VOL. XLIV

No. 02

8-January-2001

CASPIAN

Dragon Oil Spuds First Well In Turkmenistans Cheleken Block

Dubai-based Dragon Oil announced on 2 January that it had spudded the first of three planned wells in the Lam field in the Cheleken Contract Area offshore Turkmenistan. A statement released by the company said Dragon is using a converted land rig installed on the existing Lam 22 platform, which has undergone recent refurbishment. Designated Lam 22-101, the well the first to be drilled in the...