Santos Limited: Indonesia drilling update

Well: Anggur 1

Type: Exploration

Location: Sampang PSC, Indonesia. Offshore Madura Island, 25km SW of Sampang and 45km E of Surabaya, Java.

Status at 08/11/2000 0600 hours: Mobilising equipment to kill well and to plug and abandon. As reported earlier this week Anggur 1 sustained a blow out causing a rig fire and crew evacuation. Fire is out and gas flow is diminishing. Current depth is 585m, with 163m progress for the week. The well spudded on 26/10/00.

Planned total depth: 2477m. (*)