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Global Briefs in the Lamu basin offshore

Kenya. The well will be plugged and abandoned, but could be re-entered at a later date, Pancontinental said.

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Tanzanian well disappoints Ophir

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Ophir Energy said the Mlinzi

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Mbali-1 well off Tanzania has not found commercial hydro- carbons, but still offers “crucial

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The Mlinzi Mbali-1 wellsite is located in about 2600m of

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Metro. It was the deepest stratigraphic test offshore

Tanzania, said Ophir Chief

Executive Offcer Nick Cooper.

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Oman well suspended

Lime Petroleum PLC sub- sidiary Masirah Oil Ltd. has halted drilling exploration well Masirah North North #1

H 5004 semisubmersible to (MNN #1) for safety reasons.

Lundin spuds Sverdrup Brazilian national’s 35%

Malta at the conclusion of a The well was drilled to 1000m

Lundin Petroleum AB started interest in the project. appraisal voyage that originated off- before mud losses in two car- drilling the latest

Shell will pay $1 billion for well at the giant Johan shore Rio de Janeiro. bonate sections prevented the an additional 23% interest

Sverdrup discovery, in the Ensco 5004 was built in 1982, operator from reaching the and will now hold 73% oper-

Norwegian sector of the North is 94.7m (311ft) long and planned target depth. Analysis ating stake. Partner ONGC

Sea. Well 16/3-8S, on PL501, 70.4m (231ft) wide. completed Dec. 21, 2013,

Videsh announced in October that it will pay $529 million is at the crest of the Avaldsnes It was towed 5782nm and indicated non-commercial for an additional 12%, which high. Planned total depth is exceeded speeds of 7 knots. hydrocarbons.

ups the Indian national’s total about 2025m below mean The well was the frst to be

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BG spuds Kenyan well stake to 27%.

sea level, and the well will drilled in Block 50, offshore

Petrobras was previously be drilled using the semisub- BG spudded the Sunbird-1 Oman. The Block 50 conces- in discussions with China’s mersible Bredford Dolphin. exploration well offshore sion area is about 17,000sq. expected to take

Sinochem to sell its 35% share

Drilling is Kenya, joint venture partner km (6563sq. mi) and is esti- about 45 days.

for a reported $1.56 billion,

Pancontinental Oil and Gas mated to have to risked according to Reuters.

announced. The well site is resources of approximately

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Shell grabs located in License Area L10A, 390MMbo.

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Petrobras’ BC-10 stake Ensco rig in 721m of water. The Deepsea

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Petrobras’ partners in the

Metro 1 drillship will take

Prirazlomnoye

The Netherland’s Fairmount 50 to 60 days to drill 3000m

Parque das Conchas (BC-10)

Gazprom Neft Shelf announced

Marine, part of the Louis below sea level, with an option development have fnalized a

Dreyfus Armateurs Group, to extend to 3700m. Sunbird-1 the start of oil production buyout worth approximately

US$1.6 billion for the safely delivered the Ensco is the frst exploration well from the Prirazlomnoye oedigital.com February 2014 | OE 15 014_0214OE_GlobalBriefs.indd 15 1/21/14 12:03 PM