ConocoPhillips makes gas find with Harrison well

Operator ConocoPhillips has discovered a 16-m gas column in the lower Ketch formation of its Harrison exploration well (44/19b-6) in the UK southern North Sea.

Sept. 5, 2007

Uchenna Izundu
International Editor

LONDON, Sept. 5 -- Operator ConocoPhillips has discovered a 16-m gas column in the lower Ketch formation of its Harrison exploration well (44/19b-6) in the UK southern North Sea.

The well reached a TD of 4,289 m and will now be flow tested with results expected within the next week. Harrison is 20 km to the northeast of the Murdoch platform. All of the drilling was completed ahead of schedule and under budget.

Aidan Heavey, chief executive of Tullow Oil PLC, a partner in the well, said early assessment of the well's data show that it is in line with the company's predrill expectations.

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