MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

Falklands: Rockhopper receives 3-D survey data

The survey covered an area of over 328 square miles

Rockhopper Exploration Plc received the final processed volume of 3-D data collected by CGG between November 2006 and January 2007.

The survey covered an area of over 328 square miles (850 sq km) off the Falkland Islands. The additional time taken to process the data was used to further improve the data quality. Interpretation of the data will commence now and is likely to be completed within three months. The data was collected over licenses PL032 and PL033, where Rockhopper holds a 100 percent interest in both licenses. Two wells were drilled by Shell on the acreage during 1998. Live oil was recovered from one, while oil and gas shows were found in the other.