VOL. XLIII

No. 43

23-OCTOBER-2000

CASPIAN

OKIOC Spuds Kashagan West Well

The Offshore Kazakstan International Operating Company (OKIOC) has spudded another exploration well in its Kashagan block in the northern Caspian Sea. The Kashagan West well is scheduled for completion in April 2001. OKIOC is still evaluating the results of its Kashagan East-1 well, some 48km east of the new well, which was completed in late August (MEES, 11 September). The consortium announced that it had discovered oil at...