israel/EAST MEDITERRANEAN

 

ATP Starts Drilling Shimshon Well Offshore Israel

Houston-based ATP Oil & Gas on 30 April announced that it had started drilling at the Shimshon prospect in the Israeli offshore using the Ensco 5006 drilling rig. ATP, through its wholly-owned subsidiary ATP East Med BV, holds 40% in the Shimshon license, which lies 50km east of the Yam Tethys license where the Noble Energy-operated Mari-B and Noa fields are located. ATP’s...