Area Drilling

Jan. 17, 2005
Total SA let a contract worth nearly $18 million for a high-resolution 3D seismic survey in the Mahakam Delta of East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Indonesia

Total SA let a contract worth nearly $18 million for a high-resolution 3D seismic survey in the Mahakam Delta of East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

A partnership of Cie. Générale de Géophysique, Paris, and PT Elnusa, Jakarta, will acquire data over 22 drilling locations on 154 sq km in giant Tunu gas and condensate field in the Kutei basin.

Gulf of Mexico

ATP Oil & Gas Corp., Houston, plans to start production by the end of the first half of 2005 from the High Island 74 No. 1 well 23 miles off Sabine Pass, Tex.

ATP drilled the well to 8,599 ft TVD, earning a 75% working interest in the property, and logged a true vertical 18 ft of gas pay in the Rob L sand. It will install a caisson, production deck, and pipeline for completion.