Murphy fails to strike at Koel and Cisticola wells in Australia
Murphy Oil Corporation (“Murphy”) today announced results from some of its recent exploration campaigns. In its three well Perth Basin drilling program offshore Western Australia, Murphy has come up dry at its first two wells and is in the process of drilling the third. The two wells, Koel and Cisticola, both located in block WA-481-P have been plugged and abandoned, whilst drilling continues at Munia prospect with the well expecting to be finished in April. Exploration drilling in Australia began on the 22nd January 2015 wih the spudding of the Koel-1 well by the Atwood Falcon semisub. Meanwhile in the US GoM, Murphy has announced that the Urca well in Mississippi Canyon Block 697 failed to encounter any hydrocarbons and has been plugged and abandoned.