An Amadeus statement said: “that due to more heavy rains in Lavaca County, the driller's second rig will move on to the third location at Gerdes.

Subject to availability of a mudlogging unit , the rig is expected to move onto the new location this week and both the Scheinemann South and Gerdes wells will be drilled simultaneously.

Target depths are anticipated to be reached in the last week of May for the Scheinemann South well and Gerdes during the second week of June 2004.