Otto Energy Limited, as operator of the producing Galoc oilfield joint venture offshore, the Philippines, has announced that on 4 June 2013, the Ocean Patriot semi-submersible drilling rig kicked off drilling operations at the Galoc-5H and 6H development wells .
Drilling is expected to take approximately 115 days including the flowing of the wells for clean-up.
The forward plan is to drill the 36″ (914mm) hole to 392 metres and install the 30″ conductor prior to drilling the 171/2″ (444mm) hole to 950metres.