By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 19 -- Operators have made seven deepwater oil and gas discoveries in the US Gulf of Mexico since the beginning of the year, the Minerals Management Service reports.
The discoveries are:
-- Gotcha by Total E&P USA Inc. in 7,600 ft of water on Alaminos Canyon 856 (OGJ Online, July 13, 2006).
-- Thunder Bird by Murphy Oil Corp. in 5,673 ft of water on Mississippi Canyon 819 (OGJ, July 3, 2006, Newsletter).
-- Caesar by Kerr-McGee Corp. in 4,457 ft of water on Green Canyon 683 (OGJ, May 22, 2006, Newsletter).
-- Claymore by Kerr-McGee in 3,700 ft of water on Atwater Valley 140 (OGJ, May 15, 2006, Newsletter).
-- Pony by Hess Corp. in 3,497 ft of water on Green Canyon 468 (OGJ Online, July 17, 2006).
-- Raton by Noble Energy Inc. in 3,400 ft of water on Mississippi Canyon 248 (OGJ Online, June 16, 2006).
-- Redrock by Noble Energy in 3,334 ft of water on Mississippi Canyon 204 (OGJ, May 1, 2006, Newsletter).
