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NORTH WEST SHELF, AUSTRALIA: Hess Corp.'s Briseis-1 exploration well has struck gas in Australia's North West Shelf WA-390-P permit. The wildcat encountered 151 feet (46 metres) of net gas pay, in line with the operator's pre-drill estimates.
Briseis-1 is the second of four exploration wells being drilled on the WA-390-P permit by Hess in 2008 and follows the successful Glencoe-1 well, which was announced as a discovery on June 10, 2008.
"While we are still in the early stages of our exploration program in Australia, the results of these first two wells reinforce our view of the high impact potential of the WA-390-P permit," said John O'Connor, Hess President of Exploration and Production.



Briseis-1 was drilled in 3,668 feet (1,118 metres) of water by Transocean semisubmersible Jack Bates. Following the completion of the Briseis-1 well, Jack Bates will move 25 kilometres (15 miles) southwest to drill the Nimblefoot prospect. The Nimblefoot-1 well will test a separate structure in the same permit.



Hess holds a 100 percent interest in the 780,000-acre (315,655-hectare) WA-390-P Permit.