Woodside Mauritania Pty Ltd. reported recent activity offshore Mauritania including updates on three wells and the arrival of a new drilling rig.

PSC-C2 Dorade-1
The drill rig West Navigator temporarily suspended the Dorade-1 exploration well in PSC-C2 after finishing drilling the top hole section and setting casing to a depth of 2,347 m. The Stena Taywill later drill the bottom hole section, containing the primary interval in the well.

PSC-B Capitaine-1
The Capitaine-1 exploration well was spudded on September 16 in 1,681 m of water, but encountered operational problems. As a result, the top hole was abandoned and the drilling rig, West Navigator, moved off location on September 19. The well will be re-drilled in the near future.

PSC-B Tevét-1
The drill rig West Navigator started drilling the top hole section of the Tevét-1 exploration well in 489 m of water on September 20. The current activity as of September 21 was drilling ahead in 17 1/2 in. hole at a depth of 633 m.

Stena Tay

TheStena Tay is the second drill rig involved in the current Mauritania offshore drilling campaign. The rig arrived offshore Mauritania on September 14 and spudded the Chinguetti-8 development well on September 15.

Wells will to be drilled in three production sharing contract areas during the campaign.

Participating interests in PSC-A are: Woodside (operator) 53.85%, Hardman Group 24.3%, BG Group 13.1%, and Fusion Group 4.62%. Participating interests in PSC-B are: Woodside (operator) 53.85%, Hardman Group 21.6%, BG Group 11.63%, Premier Group 9.23%, ROC Oil Group 3.69%. Participating interests in PSC-C2 are: Woodside (operator) 48%, Hardman Group 28.8%, ROC Oil Group 3.2%, and Energy Africa 20%.

09/22/04