Offshore Malaysia's Rotan field discovery by Murphy: 279 ft. gas column

Drilling Activity Details

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Malaysia

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Description

Murphy Oil Corp., El Dorado, Ark., plans two ultra-deepwater wildcats near its Rotan Field offshore Sabah. The two wells will be drilled in Block H, the site of the company's Rotan-1 discovery drilled in 2007. That well, in 3,773 ft. of water, hit a net gas column of 279 ft. Murphy owns an 80% interest in Block H and state oil company Petronas owns 20%.