Discovers oil in the Gulf of Mexico
- made an oil discovery in its Miocene Yeti prospect located in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM).Statoil reports that its drilling efficiency with Yeti was among the best of any well drilled in Walker Ridge, achieving a drilling performance level of approximately 120 meters (400 feet) per day. The rig has moved on and is currently drilling Statoil's Thorvald prospect in the Mississippi Canyon block 814.
Statoil is the operator (50%) of Yeti, and its partners are Anadarko (37.5%) and Samson (12.5%).