Gulf of Mexico
By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Apr. 22 – BHP Billiton Petroleum (GOM) Inc. will plug the Double Mountain exploratory well in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico after finding noncommercial amounts of hydrocarbons.
The well went to a TD of 33,815 ft in 3,751 ft of water on Green Canyon Block 555 and reached the targeted Lower Miocene objective, said 30% interest owner Noble Energy Inc. BHP Billiton has 70% interest.