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Hopes dashed for Shell at Palta

Shell’s hopes of making a liquefied natural gas-scale discovery at the Palta prospect off Western Australia have been crushed, with logging results confirming the exploration well found no commercial hydrocarbons.

Noble Clyde Boudreaux: following the conclusion of drilling at Palta-1, the semi-submersible rig, pictured above, will now start work on Shell's Prelude floating liquefied natural gas project off Western Australia
Noble Clyde Boudreaux: following the conclusion of drilling at Palta-1, the semi-submersible rig, pictured above, will now start work on Shell's Prelude floating liquefied natural gas project off Western Australia
Published 1 August 2013, 04:04Updated 11 October 2016, 14:19