“Preliminary analysis of logs acquired while drilling and the wireline logs acquired so far indicates the presence of an oil column,” the company said.
At midnight on 10 January, wireline logging was continuing. The Mauritanian partners plan to suspend the well and test it at a later stage.
The Tiof-6 well is intended to further appraise the Tiof oil discovery in the PSC-B lease and will continue the evaluation of the Miocene channel sand system within the Tiof field area as interpreted with 3D seismic. The joint venture partners include Australian companies Hardman, Roc and the operator Woodside.
Meanwhile operations were continuing on Chinguetti development wells, Woodside said.
Participating interests in Tiof include Woodside Group (operator) 53.846%, Hardman 21.6%, BG Group 11.63%, Premier Group 9.231% and Roc Oil 3.693%.
Back in Australia, on 9 January Woodside spudded Falcone-1, a well in WA-271- P, a permit in the Exmouth sub-basin off the West Australian coast.
The well is approximately 60km west-southwest of the Enfield oil field. Water depth at the location is 1,396 metres.
Joint venture participants in WA-271-P are Woodside Energy Ltd (operator and 60%) and Mitsui E&P Australia Pty Ltd (40%).
