Hess gauges gas-condensate find off Libya
Hess Corp.'s Libyan subsidiary has drillstem-tested gas and condensate at a discovery well it drilled in 2008 in the
Mediterranean east of Tripoli, Libya.
The A1-54/01 discovery well on the Arous Al-Bahar prospect encountered hydrocarbons in several intervals with a
combined gross section of 500 ft in 2008. Hess re-entered the well and perforated a 300-ft carbonate interval.
The well, in the nonproducing offshore extension of the Sirte basin, flowed at a rate of 27 mm cfpd of good quality
gas and 533 bpd of condensate on a 52/64-inch choke on a drillstem test.
After completing tests, the Stena Forth sixth-generation dynamically positioned drill ship is to return to finish
drilling the A2-54/01 appraisal well 7 miles northwest of the discovery well.
Well A1-54/01 is in 2,807 ft of water 35 miles off Libya.
Hess Libya Exploration holds 100 % working interest in Area 54, operated under an exploration and production-sharing
agreement with National Oil Corp.
