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Songa Venus on location at Audacious-5 in Timor Sea AC-RL-6 [*OMV
50% & Cosmo 50%] with appraisal well drilling to PTD ~1985m into
Top Plover target; next well Ichthys North-1 in Browse Basin
WA-274-P [Chevron 50%, *Santos 30% & Inpex 20%]
Vermilion’s 2-well infill development drilling program in 100%-
held Carnarvon Basin Wandoo oilfield WA-14-L pushed back to
December due to shuffle in West Atlas schedule;
Albers Group’s Browse Basin WA-332-P & WA-333-P extended by one year each pushing back year-5 drilling commitment to March 2009;
Offshore, Santos’ Netherby-1 (VIC-P-44) was plugged and abandoned as a gas discovery well on Aug 2 at TD
1875m, Frigate Deep-1 (WA-18-P) is drilling ahead at 2520m and appraisal well Mutineer-14 (WA-27-L) is drilling
ahead after spudding Aug 13
Onshore, since spudding Aug 9 Mosaic Oil’s West Boggo Creek-1 (PL-16) is drilling ahead in a 7-7/8” hole at
650m.
In the coalseam gas and corehole sector, Santos’ Grafton Range-26 (PL-4) was plugged and abandoned at TD
670m, Yanalah-7 (PL-4) was cased and suspended at TD 755m
Beach firms up well list to round out fixed West Triton program
Beach has firmed up its well sequence for the West Triton, now two slots out
on the rig schedule after Nexus’ current Longtom-4 and Stuart’s Bazzard-1 in
VIC-P-53. Beach will kick off by drilling 57mil bbl potential Peejay-1 to earn
50% in TAS-39-P with Benaris as its 50% partner, followed by 33mil bbl Spikey
Beach-1 in TAS-38-P, earning 80% from Cue and Exoil, holding 10% each.
Juniors back centre stage as new round of Cooper drilling looms
Cooper Basin activity will heat up again starting this month, with the Vic Petoperated
PEL-104 JV getting handover of MB Century Rig-3 from Stuart for a
3+2 development program centred around the 200BOPD producing Growler
field, starting with Growler-3 in PRL-15, with sites for –4 and –5 also approved.
Seismic analysis throws up
new prospect for PEP-11 JV
MEC Resources claims that recent new
seismic analysis undertaken by its investing
company Advent Energy in offshore Sydney
Basin block PEP-11, which pits the old data
alongside the new, has confirmed the presence
of the existing Baleen structure, along with
adding a new prospect to the mix.
Origin commits to either Carrack or Caravel in the Canterbury
After showcasing its portfolio of ‘elephant’ targets in its operated acreage
offshore Kenya and NZ at the APPEA
conference held in Perth in April, Origin has
today announced its intention to kick on in the
Canterbury Basin, taking 100% held PEP-38262
into the fourth permit year by committing to drill
an exploration well.