Hardman Resources Limited announced that on 7 October 2006, the Atwood Hunter commenced drilling the Dana-operated Aigrette-1 exploration well in Block 7 offshore Mauritania, West Africa. As at 6:00am on 8 October, the well had been drilled to a depth of 1,838 metres and the current operation was drilling ahead.
Aigrette-1 is primarily a gas prospect on trend from the Pelican-1 gas discovery. The primary targets are stacked Cretaceous sandstones with some 0.7 TCF potential. The well is located in a water depth of 1,380 metres approximately 43 km north, northwest of the 2003 Pelican-1 gas discovery. The planned Total Depth is 4,925 metres.
