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Chevron quits length. Final data will be

Anchor-1 available in 4Q 2015.

Chevron’s Anchor-1 well was

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Hebron GBS towed junked due to mechanical dif? culties. Located in Green The ExxonMobil-operated

Canyon Block 807, 131mi. Hebron oil ? eld hit a mile- from Louisiana in the Gulf stone in late July when the

G of Mexico, Anchor-1 was gravity based structure was

D abandoned before reaching towed from the dry dock to its geologic objectives the project’s Bull Arm con-

H due to mechanical issues struction site. The 180,000-

B A C experienced during tieback, tonne structure arrived 10 operator Chevron told OE. hours after tow-out operations

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Results from the Anchor-1 began. Hebron is located in well are anticipated in early 150m of water, is in the Jeanne

I 2015. With a 5240ft water d’Arc Basin, 350km southeast depth, Anchor-1 was spud of St. John’s. It is expected to in March 2014, using Paci? c contain 700MMbbl of recover- The facility was in the

Drilling’s Paci? c Santa Ana able resources. process of starting up after

J drillship, and was targeting an emergency shutdown and

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Alma/Galia inboard lower tertiary loss of power on 6 August, development delayed horizons and a secondary said the PSA. “According to

Miocene target. First oil from EnQuest’s Alma/ ConocoPhillips, a blowdown

Galia development in the UK valve in the separator was

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BOEM offers US-Mex

North Sea is now not expected left open during the start-up, boundary blocks so that stabilized oil ? owed until next year. Industry Ministry approved to the sea via a sea sump and Bureau of Ocean Energy First production from the the ? rm’s plans. The move fol- knockout drum.” Management attracted $110 ? eld, to be developed using lows the award of environmen- million during its Western the EnQuest Producer FPSO tal permits earlier this year.

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Porcupine shows Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 238 had been expected in 2H 2014. Repsol operates blocks 1-9 further promise on 20 August. Supermajor EnQuest said, while progress offshore the Canary Islands,

Antrim Energy said recent BP was the highest bidder had been made on the FPSO, with partners Woodside evaluations showed frontier based on total number of high at OGN Group’s Hadrian Yard Petroleum and RWE.

bids, totaling $22.8million. in England, sailaway was now exploration