1st production tripod going into Turkish Black Sea

Offshore staff

Toreador Resources Corp. and its partners, TPAO (the Turkish national oil company) and Stratic Energy Corp., have begun installation of the first production tripod in its South Akcakoca sub-basin project offshore Turkey in the Black Sea.

The tripod, which is the first in a series of three Phase I production facilities, is on the Akkaya structure. TheSaturn jackup, which is being used to set the tripod in place, will tie back the Akkaya wells to the tripod before the rig is released.

In related news, Toreador said Bayhanli-1 tested 7.2 MMcf/d from 14.5 m (48 ft) of perforations through a 32/64-in. choke with a flowing wellhead pressure of approximately 1,100 psi.

The well is on a new prospect to the east of the Dogu Ayazli structure along the same fault trend. ThePrometheus jack-up rig, which was used to test the Bayhanli-1, is drilling the Kuzey Akkaya prospect in a new area to the north of the Akkaya structure. Upon completion, the Prometheus will move to a new location to drill the Dogu Ayazli #3 well.

6/27/06