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Current Deepwater Activity Surface Well Area/ Target Water Operator Block Lease Rig Name Prospect Name Depth (Ft) Shell Offshore Inc Current Deepwater Activity Surface Well Area/ Target Water Operator Block Lease Rig Name Prospect Name Depth (ft) Shell Offshore Inc. WR 508 G18730NOBLE DANNY ADKINS STONES 9,553 Petrobras America Inc. WR 206 G16965PRIDE DEEP OCEAN MENDOCINO Casade 8,143 Shell Offshore Inc. AC 857 G17565H&P 205 Great White 7,815 Exxon Mobil Corporation KC 918 G32654T.O. DEEPWATER CHAMPION Hadrian 7,381 Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. MC 391 G26252T.O. DEEPWATER NAUTILUS Appomattox #3 7,157 Union Oil Company of California WR 677 G18753T.O. DISCOVERER INSPIRATION Saint Malo 7,040 Union Oil Company of California WR 634 G18745T.O. DISCOVERER CLEAR LEADER Saint Malo 6,805 BP Exploration & Production Inc. MC 607 G09837SEADRILL WEST CAPRICORN East Anstey 6,590 BP Exploration & Production Inc. GC 744 G15605T.O. DEVELOPMENT DRILLER II Atlantis(gc) 6,523 Murphy Exploration & Production Company - DC 134 G23488NOBLE JIM DAY Dalmation 6,428 BHP Billiton Petroleum (GOM) Inc. AT 618 G08038GSF C.R. LUIGS Neptune at 574 6,266 Marathon Oil Company MC 993 G24134MAERSK DEVELOPER Innsbruck 6,266 Union Oil Company of California WR 98 G21841PACIFIC SANTA ANA Coronado 6,127 Noble Energy, Inc. MC 948 G28030ENSCO 8501 Bob 6,060 BP Exploration & Production Inc. MC 778 G14658THUNDER HORSE PDQ Thunder Horse South 6,040 BP Exploration & Production Inc. KC 292 G25792SEADRILL WEST SIRIUS Kaskida 6,031 Eni US Operating Co. Inc. MC 299 G21752DIAMOND OCEAN VICTORY Seventeen Hands 5,881 Shell Offshore Inc. WR 95 G31943NOBLE GLOBETROTTER Yucatan North 5,847 Anadarko Petroleum Corporation WR 51 G31938ENSCO 8505 Shenandoah 5,838 Murphy Exploration & Production Company - MC 734 G21778T.O. DEEPWATER PATHFINDER Thunderhawk 5,712 BP Exploration & Production Inc. GC 743 G15605T.O. DEVELOPMENT DRILLER III Atlantis(gc) 5,413 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. WR 29 G16942T.O. DISCOVERER INDIA Big Foot 5,187 ConocoPhillips Company GB 783 G11573NABORS MODS 201 Magnolia 4,675 BP Exploration & Production Inc. GC 700 G15604T.O. DISCOVERER ENTERPRISE Atlantis(gc) 4,409 Hess Corporation MC 725 G22898STENA FORTH Tubular Bells 4,334 Cobalt International Energy, L.P. GB 959 G30876ENSCO 8503 North Platte 4,297 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. GC 640 G20082T.O. DISCOVERER DEEP SEAS Tahiti 2 4,292 BHP Billiton Petroleum (GOM) Inc. GC 507 G22970T.O. DEVELOPMENT DRILLER I Ness 4,028 Shell Offshore Inc. GC 248 G15565NOBLE DRILLER Glider 3,440 Monday, September 10, 2012 Page 1 of 2 Surface Well Area/ Target Water Operator Block LeaseRig Name Prospect Name Depth (ft) Murphy Exploration & Production Company - GC 338 G21790NABORS MODS 200 Front runner 3,325 Eni US Operating Co. Inc. GC 298 G08876ENSCO 8500 allegheney (south) 3,308 LLOG Exploration Offshore, L.L.C. MC 761 G28025 ENSCO 8502 3,031 Shell Offshore Inc. MC 807 G07963NOBLE BULLY I Mars b 3,030 Shell Offshore Inc. GC 158 G07995H&P 202 Brutus 2,985 Shell Offshore Inc. MC 807 G07963H&P 201 Mars b 2,945 LLOG Exploration Offshore, L.L.C. MC 503 G32334NOBLE AMOS RUNNER WhoDat 2,725 Shell Offshore Inc. GB 427 G07493NOBLE JIM THOMPSON CARDAMOM 2,719 Shell Offshore Inc. GC 200 G12209CAL DIVE Q-4000 Troika 2,672 Statoil USA E&P Inc. GC 36 G26287T.O. DISCOVERER AMERICAS Candy Bars 1,910 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. VK 786 G10944NABORS 87 Petronius 1,754 Dynamic Offshore Resources, LLC GC 65 G05889H&P 206 Bullwinkle 1,353 W & T Energy VI, LLC VK 823 G10942* WIRELINE UNIT (N.O. #3) Virgo 1,132 W & T Energy VI, LLC VK 823 G10942* WIRELINE UNIT (N.O. #2) Virgo 1,130 Total Deep Water Prospects with Drilling/WO Activity 43 Monday, September 10, 2012 Page 2 of 2.
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