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February 01, 2005


Recent Drilling

The MMS has received 26 exploration plans (EP's) for leases located in the Eastern Gulf Sale 181 area.  Companies that submitted EP's included:

Company

Project

Lease #

Sale #

Blocks

Marathon

Barracuda

G10480

116

DC927

Marathon

Raptor

G23515, 516, 520

181

DC490, 491, 535

Marathon

West Raptor

G23511, 514

181

DC445, 489

Anadarko

Hawkeye

G23474, 475, 478, 479

181

LL315, 316, 359, 360

Anadarko

Atlas

G23450, 451, 457, 458

181

LL5, 6, 49, 50

Shell

Red Dawg

G10467, 468

116

DC622, 666

Shell

Shiloh

G23502

181

DC269

Ocean Energy

Tuscany

G23494, 497

181

DC180, 224

Anadarko

Spiderman

G23528

181

DC620

Anadarko

Spiderman

G23529

181

DC621

Shell

NA

G23480

181

LL399

Kerr-McGee

Kish

G23499, G23503

181

DC226, 270

Anadarko

Jubilee East

G23472, 473

181

LL265, 309

Anadarko

Mondo

G23445, 461, 465

181

LL47, 91, 135

Newfield

Dalmatian

G10439, 440

116

DC47, 48

Petrobras

NA

G23518

181

DC530

Marathon

Stegodon

G23507

181

DC354

Marathon

Mammoth

G23532, 533

181

DC664, 665

Marathon

SE Aardwolf

G23506

181

DC314

Dominion

San Jacinto

G23526

181

DC618

Petrobras

NA

G23456

181

LL48

Petrobras

NA

G23453, 454

181

LL45, 46

Shell

NA

G23512, 517

181

DC485, 529

Murphy

S. Dachsund

G10486, 487

116

LL1, 2

Anadarko*

Daredevil

G23462, 463

181

LL94, 95

Shell*

Fredericksburg

G25855, 856

181

DC486, 487

All but two of these plans (*) have been sent to affected states for coastal zone management consistency review and approval.

Fourteen wells have been drilled in the Sale 181 area since January 2003.

The five most recent are

  1. Shell�s Cheyenne prospect, LL 399 No. 1, was spud 5/22/04 but was suspended for Hurricane Ivan.  The rig (Transocean�s Deepwater Nautilus) has resumed drilling.
     
  2. Dominion�s San Jacinto II prospect, DC 618 No. 2, was spud 9/19/04, drilled through conductor casing, and suspended on 9/24/04.  The rig (Transocean�s Cajun Express) was moved to DC 445 No. 1 to drill through total depth then moved back to DC 618 No. 2 to finish well to total depth.  The well was TD�d on 11/1/04.  They are currently TA�ing the well.
     
  3. Dominion�s West Raptor prospect, DC 445 No. 1 was spud 9/26/04 and PA�d 10/19/04 (Transocean�s Cajun Express).
     
  4. Murphy's S. Dachshund prospect, LL 1 and 2 were spud 01/05 and 12/04 respectively.

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