1. WA-286-P, Perth Basin, Offshore Western Australia
Roc Oil (WA) Pty Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary
of ROC, advises that as at 0600 hours (local time) on 26 March 2008, the
Dunsborough-2 appraisal well had been drilled to 1515 mBRT and subsequently a
core was cut to a depth of 1,539.5 mBRT in the primary target, the Dongara
Sandstone.
The current operation is recovering the core to
surface.
Dunsborough-2 is scheduled to reach the proposed
Total Depth of approximately 1,680 mBRT by next week.
Dunsborough-2,
located approximately 1.6 kilometres south of the 2007 Dunsborough oil and
gas discovery, is the third and final well in the current Perth Basin
exploration/appraisal drilling programme.
Participating
Interests in the WA-286-P Joint Venture are:
Roc Oil (WA) Pty Limited
(Operator)................................. 37.5%
AWE Oil (Western Australia) Pty
Ltd.................................... 27.5%
ARC Energy (Offshore PB) Limited..................................... 30.0%
CIECO Exploration and Production (Australia) Pty Ltd...... 5.0%
2. Blane
Oil Field, North Sea
Roc Oil (GB)
Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC, advises that as at 0600 hours
(local time) on 25 March 2008, the 30/3a-3 water injection well was at a
depth of 2,603 mBRT.
The forward
programme is to drill to a planned Total Depth of approximately 3,810 mBRT
and commission the well during May 2008.
Unitised
Interests in the Blane Oil Field are:
Roc Oil (GB)
Limited......................................................... 12.5%
Talisman Energy (UK)
Limited........................................ 25.0%
Talisman Energy Norge AS............................................. 18.0%
MOC Exploration (U.K.) Limited (a subsidiary of
Nippon Oil Corporation)...................................................
14.0%
ENI UK Limited..................................................................
13.9%
ENI ULX
Limited..................................................................
4.1%
Bow Valley Petroleum (UK) Limited............................... 12.5%