Bering Exploration Wraps Up Equipment Installation, Testing at N. Edna

Bering Exploration Inc. announced Thursday that it has completed the installation and testing of the production equipment at the LeJeune No. 1 well, in the N. Edna prospect. This will allow the Company to tie into the pipeline system of the first purchaser of our production. The well is producing at 400 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. Bering owns a 78 percent net revenue interest in the production. This 384 acre prospect is located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and has potential gross reserves of the equivalent of 1 million barrels which, based upon today's prices, equates to a gross value of more than $85 million dollars.

"This installation of the production equipment, combined with the pipeline installation by our first purchaser, provides Bering with a consistent source of revenues," stated Steven Plumb, VP of Finance of Bering, "and will enable us to begin seeking capital for additional drilling efforts."

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InterMoor Wraps Up Apache IRIS Installation, Recovery in Gulf of Mexico

InterMoor, an Acteon company, has completed an installation and recovery project for Apache Deepwater LLC (Apache) in Mississippi Canyon Block 148, Well 5 in the Gulf of Mexico. The work scope included the overboard, wet transfer, deployment and recovery of a 30-ton interchangeable riserless intervention system (IRIS) owned by Blue Ocean Technologies. InterMoor undertook the work in water approximately 168 meters deep from Cal Dive's Uncle John semisubmersible vessel.

InterMoor delivered the project using its compensated anchor handler subsea installation system (CASIM) which reduces heave motions relative to vessel motions. CASIM units are pre-charged at the surface to deliver the needed heave compensation for the load at depth. InterMoor's proprietary CASIM method requires less deck space and demands fewer deck operations than the traditional buoy-based heave-compensated landing system. The company also provided the associated rigging equipment and a technician to help facilitate the subsea compensation.

"Apache selected InterMoor for this project on the basis of our service record, the fact that we had the necessary equipment available and because of our experience in subsea operations of this kind," said InterMoor project manager Jacob Heikes. "Although we have used CASIM to deploy and recover many types of subsea equipment, this is the first time that we have used CASIM for IRIS deployment and recovery, and the project's success shows that this proven installation method is suitable for a wide range of subsea equipment."

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