Offshore staff
SYDNEY, Australia -- During the next nine months ROC will conduct exploration and appraisal drilling programs in Australia, Angola, China, and Mauritania.
Offshore Northern Perth basin: The ROC-operated WA-286-P joint venture has contracted the Premium Wilcraft jackup rig to drill two exploration/appraisal wells in the Northern Perth basin, beginning January 2008. One well will appraise the 2007 Frankland gas discovery; the other well will target the area around the 2007 Dunsborough oil discovery by drilling the nearby Lilac prospect.
Beibu Gulf, offshore China: The block 22/12 joint venture has contracted the Premium Murmanskaya jackup rig to drill four exploration/appraisal wells starting in mid-December 2007. The first two wells will test the Wei 6-12-West and Wei 6-12-East structural-stratigraphic prospects from the 2006 Wei 6-12-South oil discovery.
Offshore Mauritania: A 2008 deepwater drilling program is expected to begin in January 2008 and end mid-2008. The first well, Khop-1, is an exploration well that will test a structure in block C6. Subsequent wells include an exploration/appraisal well on the Banda gas field in PSC B and several infill development wells in the Chinguetti oil field.
11/27/2007
