Chevron’s Deepest Well Holds Less Oil Than Forecast

Chevron Corp.’s Knotty Head discovery, the deepest well ever drilled in the Gulf of Mexico, holds about half as much oil and natural gas as originally estimated, said Nexen Inc., a partner in the project.

The discovery, announced in December, probably holds the equivalent of 200 million to 500 million barrels of oil, less than an earlier estimate of 350 million to 1 billion, said Kevin Finn, a spokesman for Calgary-based Nexen. The estimate was lowered after a second well was drilled off the main shaft.
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