Drilling Update: Offshore WA
2008年2月4日 - 4:02PM
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Roc Oil Company Limited
04 February 2008
4 February 2008
ROC OIL COMPANY LIMITED ("ROC")
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
DRILLING UPDATE: TWO WELL EXPLORATION/APPRAISAL DRILLING PROGRAMME COMMENCES,
OFFSHORE PERTH BASIN
Roc Oil (WA) Pty Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC, is pleased to
announce the commencement of a two well exploration/appraisal drilling programme
in WA-286-P, in the North Perth Basin, offshore Western Australia.
At 0100 hours (local time) on 3 February 2008, the Premium "WilCraft" jack-up
drilling rig commenced drilling the Lilac-1 exploration well, in 33 metres of
water approximately 2.5 kilometres east of the Dunsborough-1 oil and gas
discovery made in the permit in June 2007.
Lilac-1 is expected to reach a Total Depth of approximately 1,435 mBRT in
mid-February, 2008.
As of 0600 (local time) on 4 February 2008 the current operation was preparing
to run 13-3/8" casing.
Following the drilling of Lilac-1, an appraisal well, Frankland-2, also in
WA-286-P, will be drilled. The two well drilling programme is expected to be
completed by the end of February 2008.
Commenting on the commencement of the drilling programme, Dr John Doran, ROC's
Chief Executive Officer, stated that:
"These next two wells in the offshore Perth Basin will go a long way towards
determining the near term potential for a new field development in the region.
Therefore, although we can't predict whether or not the wells will be successful
we can definitely say that they will be interesting!"
Participating Interests in the WA-286-P joint venture are:
Roc Oil (WA) Pty Ltd.....................................37.5%
AWE Oil (Western Australia) Pty Ltd......................27.5%
ARC (Offshore PB) Limited................................30.0%
CIECO Exploration and Production (Australia) Pty Ltd......5.0%
In accordance with ASX and AIM Rules, the information in this Release has been
reviewed and approved by Dr John Doran, Chief Executive Officer, Roc Oil Company
Limited, BSc (Hons) Geology, MSc and PhD. Dr Doran, who is a member of the
Society of Petroleum Engineers, has more than 30 years of relevant experience
within the industry and consents to the information in the form and context in
which it appears.
Damian Fisher For further information please contact:
General Manager Dr John Doran on
External Affairs & Investor Relations Tel: +61-2-8356-2000
Fax: +61-2-9380-2635
Email: jdoran@rocoil.com.au
Or visit ROC's website: www.rocoil.com.au
Dr Kevin Hird
General Manager - Business Development
Tel: +44 (0)20 7495 5707/+61 (0)2 8356 2000
Mob: +44 (0)7751 3671 49/+61 (0)417 261 727
Email: khird@rocoil.com.au
Michael Shaw
Oriel Securities Limited (Nominated Adviser)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7710 7600
Bobby Morse
Buchanan Communications
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7466 5000
Fax: + 44 (0)20 7466 5001
E-Mail: bobbym@buchanan.uk.com
Mob: +44 (0)7802 875 227
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