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With no news forthcoming on the well, BUY had eased back to 18c at press time. Bounty chief Tom Fontaine said the operator was interpreting logs and there would probably be an announcement next week.
After the well became stuck last month, a downhole motor assembly was mobilised from Europe to correct the deviated well bore back on target.
A previous well report said oil traces appeared 'to confirm the widespread presence of oil-prone and oil-mature Jurassic source rocks."
