Energy Africa Announces Drilling Results In Equato
ENERGY AFRICA ANNOUNCES DRILLING RESULTS IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Energy Africa Limited
Registration number : 1995/007140/06
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
JSE code: ENR ISIN code: ZAE000010427
ENERGY AFRICA ANNOUNCES DRILLING RESULTS IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Energy Africa today announced that the F-4 exploration well in Block F, in the
Rio Muni Basin offshore Equatorial Guinea, was not successful. A copy of the
press release issued by Amerada Hess Corporation, the operator of Blocks F and G
in Equatorial Guinea, is attached.
14 August 2002
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AMERADA HESS ANNOUNCES DRILLING RESULTS AND PLANS IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA
New York, New York. August 14, 2002...Amerada Hess Corporation (NYSE: AHC)
announced today that the F-4 well drilled offshore Equatorial Guinea in the Rio
Muni Basin had been plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. The Company said that
reservoir sands were present but proved to be water bearing. The well was
drilled about 13 miles northeast of the Ebano Field discovery well.
Amerada Hess said that a further four exploration wells are scheduled to be
drilled in Equatorial Guinea this year, the first of which will be spudded
before the end of the month in the southern portion of Block G. Amerada Hess
also said that drilling would shortly begin on an appraisal well to the Elon
Field.
About Amerada Hess Corporation
Amerada Hess, headquartered in New York, is a global integrated energy company
engaged in the exploration for and the production, purchase, transportation and
sale of crude oil and natural gas, as well as the production and sale of refined
petroleum products.
AMERADA HESS CORPORATION......CARL TURSI (212) 536-8593
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