Leni Gas & Oil plans for drilling at Eugene Island Field in US Gulf of Mexico

A new water supply system has proved very useful for the tribal-dominated Ghatol block of Banswara district in Rajasthan. Earlier, the tribals had to go long distances to fetch potable water. The community-based water supply system operated by villagers in the tribal-dominated Ghatol block has ensured hassle-free functioning of hand-pumps providing safe drinking water and made life easier for women. The water and sanitation interventions under an integrated project - Aapno Swasthya Aapne Haath (Our Health In Our Hands) - launched by advocacy group 'Save the Children' have brought about a radical change in the lives of rural communities in 60 villages, covering over 11,400 households, this summer. The project, launched a year ago in collaboration with Banswara based NGO Vaagdhara, has yielded rich dividends for the population of 63,300 in the region, including 4,880 children below five years, by covering village squares, panchayat offices, schools and anganwadi centres which earlier lacked safe drinking water facilities.

A special feature of the project which has concentrated on repairing defective hand-pumps and installing new ones is formulation of a water security plan for each village and linking it with the respective village panchayats for effective implementation. The initiative has led to adequate supply of water serving the villagers' needs. A field assessment before the project's initiation had revealed that 40 per cent of the hand-pumps were non-functional for lack of trained mechanics while the concept of community ownership of these important sources of water "simply did not exist". Till last summer, women and girls would fetch water from unprotected sources situated 2 to 3 km from their homes, spending about an hour in the exercise. Most hand-pumps did not have any arrangement for disposal of waste water and many had gone dry due to depletion of water level. Aapno Swasthya Aapne Haath installed groundwater recharge units along with hand-pumps with community support to make the water sources sustainable during summer. On Vaagdhara's suggestion, the project incorporated a plan for identification and training of hand-pump mechanics to reduce "breakdown time" of faulty hand-pumps and improve livelihood prospects for local tribal youths. Save the Children provided hand-pump tool kits to panchayats and village health committees, leading to establishment of 20 spare part depots. 5 December 2011: Leni Gas & Oil is planning for additional drilling at the Eugene Island Field in the US Gulf of Mexico.

The Company has approved the first of a number of projects designed to tap into undeveloped reserves within the Eugene Island-184 leases operated by Marlin Energy LLC ("Marlin") where LGO holds a 7.25 per cent working interest. A program of two sidetracks targeting reserves in the Tex-X2 and Tex-X3 reservoirs has been proposed by Marlin, commencing with a sidetrack of the A#2 well to the Cranberry Creek prospect. This will be followed by a sidetrack to a separate proven undeveloped attic oil reserve in the Tex-X3 reservoir which will most likely be conducted from the A#3 well.Work will start almost immediately with preparatory operations in the A#2 well to abandon the existing well below 7,600 feet ahead of the arrival of a drilling rig, Ocean Columbia. The rig is scheduled to be on site by early January 2012. The cost of drilling, logging and evaluating the A#2 sidetrack is estimated to be $280,000 net to LGO's interest. Additional costs will arise for production completion of the well if successful.

Source: Yourindustrynews