China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Taiwanese government-owned CPC Corporation have completed a drilling campaign in the deep water of the Taiwan Straits, the first such exploration attempt in these waters.
The Shantou 18-6-1 well was drilled in water depths of 1300 metres to a depth of 1000 metres at the Taichao block in the middle of the Taiwan Straits, using the deep-water semi-submersible drilling rig COSL Prospector operated by China Oilfield Service Ltd (COSL).
