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It actually spud on the 10th..

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Drilling commences in offshore Kenya
Progress and status: Origin Energy advises that L-8 operator Apache
Corporation has, on behalf of the joint venture,
commenced drilling the Mbawa Prospect in Kenya. The
Mbawa 1 exploration well spudded at 6:00 hours local
time on 10 August 2012.
Origin will only advise the market again when well
operations have been completed with a summary of
results, or of any event that is material.
Well type and location: Mbawa 1 is located in the Mbawa Prospect in offshore
Kenya. The drillship Deepsea Metro 1 is expected to take
about 60 days for this drilling operation, which will
reach a total depth of 3,250m subsea in a water depth
of 864m.
The well will be plugged and abandoned after the
evaluation program is completed.
L8/Mbawa Joint Venture:
Apache Kenya Limited (Operator) 50%
Origin Energy Limited* 20%
Pancontinental Oil and Gas NL 15%
Tullow Kenya B.V. 15%
* Through its wholly owned subsidiaries.
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