drilling update: mauritania

No significant Hydrocarbons

DRILLING UPDATE: MAURITANIA
In anticipation of a more fulsome regular weekly report to ASX by Woodside Petroleum Limited later today, ROC advises that the Sotto-1 ST1 exploration well, offshore Mauritania, has reached Total Depth and logging is scheduled to take place imminently.
After completing operations at Sotto-1 ST1 the ‘Stena Tay’ will move to the next well location in the Mauritanian drilling programme: Espadon-1 exploration well in PSC-B.
Commenting on the Sotto-1 ST1 results to date ROC’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr John Doran, stated that
“Although wireline logging at Total Depth is yet to commence, the drill data and Measurement While Drilling (MWD) log information obtained so far suggest that the well has not encountered any commercially significant hydrocarbons.”
ROC’s interest in PSC Area A is 4.155%.
Michelle Manook
General Manager – Corporate Affairs
For further information please contact:
Dr John Doran on
Tel: +61-2-8356-2000
Fax: +61-2-9380-2635
Email: [email protected]
Or visit ROC’s website: www.rocoil.com.au
Roc Oil Company Limited (ACN 075 965 856)
Level 14, 1 Market Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia. Telephone: +61 2 8356 2000 Facsimile: +61 2 9380 2066
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