Drilling Update: Cliff Head-6

14 Mar 2005 07:01

Roc Oil Company Limited14 March 2005 14 March 2005 ROC OIL COMPANY LIMITED STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE DRILLING ACTIVITY UPDATE: CLIFF HEAD-6 SUSPENDED AS FUTURE OIL PRODUCER Roc Oil (WA) Pty Ltd, Operator for and on behalf of the WA-286-P Joint Venture,advises that, as of 05.00 hrs Australian Western Standard Time the Cliff Head-6well has been cased and suspended as a future oil producer. The Ensco 56 jack-updrilling rig will be released later today or tomorrow, subject to weather. Therig will then move to the Hadda-1 exploration well location in WA-327-P some 100km north of Cliff Head Oil Field. The WA-286-P Joint Venture comprises Equity Roc Oil (WA) Pty Ltd (Operator)...........................37.5% AWE Oil (Western Australia) Pty Ltd ......................27.5% Wandoo Petroleum Pty Ltd..................................24.0% Voyager (PB) Limited.......................................6.0% CIECO Exploration and Production (Australia) Pty Ltd.......5.0% Bruce Clement For further information please contact:Chief Operating Officer Dr John Doran on Tel: +61-2-8356-2000 Fax: +61-2-9380-2635 Email: jdoran@rocoil.com.au Or visit ROC's website: www.rocoil.com.au Dr Kevin Hird General Manager Business Development Tel: +44 (0)207 586 7935 Fax: +44 (0)207 722 3919 Email: khird@rocoil.com.au Nick Lambert Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial Tel: +44 (0)207 861 3232 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange