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ExxonMobil scoops Porcupine licences



By Upstream staff 

US supermajor ExxonMobil has been awarded two additional licences in the Porcupine basin in the deep waters of the Irish Sea.

The licences were awarded to ExxonMobil and partners Providence Resources and Sosina Exploration via the 2007 Irish Frontier Licensing Round.

The licences are located in water depths exceeding 6500 feet, and together comprise 13 blocks and an area totalling 760,000 acres.

A number of potential leads have been identified across the two licences including a prospect known as Drombeg. The

The new awards bring ExxonMobil's Porcupine basin interests to 18 exploration blocks plus an option for a further 15 blocks, giving the company and its co-venturers an expanded exploration position in the basin.

ExxonMobil has been awarded operatorship of the two new licence areas.


Friday, 07 March, 2008, 15:39 GMT  | last updated: Monday, 10 March, 2008, 07:16 GMT

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