Rockhopper Exploration has announced that the 14/10-9 well in the North Falkland Basin was spudded on 25 October 2011. The well, situated on Licence PL032, which is 100% owned and operated by Rockhopper, is the eighth well to be drilled on the Sea Lion feature. It is located approx. 5.9 km to the south west of the 14/10-2 discovery well and is designed to investigate reservoir presence and hydrocarbon charge within the Sea Lion Main Complex towards the southern edge of the Company's acreage and is also an exploration well on the Eastern side of the Casper Prospect.
Drilling operations are expected to take approx. 33 days and a further announcement will be made once drilling is completed.
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