IHS finds hydrocarbons off Ireland
Deepwater exploratory drilling appears to have identified a prospective new basin off north-western Ireland.
The 12/2-1 Dooish well in 1,478 mm of water 125 km northwest of Donegal "penetrated a substantial hydrocarbon column
in a tilted fault block and demonstrated for the first time the presence of a working hydrocarbon system in the
Rockall trough," said IHS Energy, Tetbury, UK.
Enterprise Energy Ireland drilled Dooish, the second deepest water depth well off Ireland, on License 2/94 last year
on behalf of itself, AGIP Ireland, and OMV (Ireland). It suspended operations as weather deteriorated.
Enterprise, acquired by Shell Group in May 2002, said only that initial results from the well were very encouraging
and "indicate the presence of hydrocarbons. Significantly more work is required to understand the implications of the
results to date," the company said.
