OREANDA-NEWS. September 23, 2014. Drilling has commenced on the second of two exploration wells in CNOOC-operated Beibu Gulf Block 22/12, according to joint-venture partner Roc Oil

CNOOC spuds second Beibu Gulf wildcat offshore China.

The second well, WZ12-10-2, is targeting the T42 and Weizhou formations, adjacent to the WZ12-8 West field in the WZ12-8 Development Area.

Drilling from jack-up rig HYSY 935 commenced at 23:00 China Standard Time on 3 October 2014. Total depth planned for this vertical well is 1,600-metres MD/1,416-metres TVD.

The well is located 1.6 kilometres east-northeast from Roc’s existing Beibu 12-8W facilities and is in water depth of approximately 36 metres.