“We are encouraged by what we have seen so far. Drilling is 
ongoing at Itauna, where we 
encountered oil with accompanying logs indicating hydrocarbons, although the build-up wasn’t one of our primary targets,” said 
Anadarko chief executive James Hackett.

Anadarko started drilling Itauna in late July using the Scorpion Offshore jack-up rig Mischief.

The well, in 79 metres of water, will be drilled to a total depth of 5464 metres.

Hackett