VOL. XLIV

No 47

19-November-2001

CASPIAN

ExxonMobil Spuds TurkmenGarashsyzlyk Well

ExxonMobil has spudded its firstwell in the onshore Garashsyzlyk-2 area of Turkmenistan, the Cheleken DeepWell, at a site some 6km from the Caspian Sea shoreline. Exxon Turkmenistan(Amudarya) Ltd (ETAL) became operator of the Garashsyzlyk-2 production-sharingagreement (PSA) on 1 October 2001, when rights were transferred from MobilExploration and Producing Turkmenistan. The well has a target depth of 5,000msand is...