Page 10 - AsianOil Week 50 2020

AsianOil OCEANIA AsianOil

the Beetaloo sub-basin with the thickest and of more than 10 bcf (283.2 mcm) over its
highest quality shales as delineated by seismic whole lifespan.
and intersection by wells drilled to date.” Santos is planning on drilling the Tanumbir-
Tamboran said at the start of the month that ini 2H and Tanumbirini 3H horizontal wells in
EP136 held the potential to turn the company EP 161 next year. EPs 136 and 161 lie adjacent
into a major developer of shale gas for the East to Origin Energy and Falcon Oil & Gas’ EP76,
Coast market. The company cited the flow test where all civil engineering and constructions
results from EP161’s Tanumbirini-1, the first have been completed and the 76-N2H horizontal
vertical well drilled on the block. well is planned for 2021.
The developer said in October that the Tamboran CEO and managing director Joel
Tanumbirini-1 well had achieved an average Riddle said: “In total, this area may see between
flow rate of 2.3 mmcf (65,000 cubic metres) three and five new delineation wells or results
per day during the first 90 hours of testing over the next year, making this one of the most
following a more than 160-day shut-in. It active onshore exploration plays globally. These
added that Tanumbirini-1’s flow results next 12 months are crucial as the Beetaloo grad-
suggest that a single well in the core Bee- uates from being viewed as an exploration play
taloo could produce in excess of 10 mmcf to the world-class commercial development
(283,000 cubic metres) per day and a total opportunity that we believe it is.”™

State Gas kicks off Reid’s Dome appraisal

PROJECTS & AUSTRALIAN junior State Gas has kicked off State Gas says it aims to bring gas to market in
COMPANIES the second phase of its exploration and appraisal time to meet gas supply shortfalls that have been
programme of the Reid’s Dome gas project in projected to arise in the East Coast market by the
Queensland. middle of the decade.
The company said on December 15 that it The company said Nyanda-7 would be fol-
had spudded the Nyanda-7 step-out well 2.6 km lowed by at least three production wells on
from its Nyanda-4 well, which had produced PL231, though weather conditions will deter-
gas at close to 500,000 cubic feet (14,160 cubic mine the timing of the wells. Queensland’s wet
metres) per day during testing. season runs from November to April, bringing
State Gas said it planned to log the new well heavy rainfall. It added that it hoped to complete
once it had reached a planned total depth of drilling of at least two wells, and commence pro-
1,200 metres, at which point production testing duction testing of three, including Nyanda-4,
would begin. before the wet season affected operations.
The developer signed a letter of intent (LoI) State Gas is also planning to drill two coreholes
with Silver City Drilling in October for the use of at its 1,414-square km Rolleston-West Project
the latter’s Rig 25, which will drill four step-out (ATP 2062) in the New Year. These wells will inves-
wells centred on Nyanda-4. tigate the gas potential of the Bandanna Coals in the
Reid’s Dome, which is located in petroleum permit’s eastern region. State Gas wholly owns the
lease (PL) 231 in the Bowen Basin, is home to permit, which is adjacent to Reid’s Dome.
coal-bed methane (CBM), conventional and The developer said in October that it was in
tight gas targets. State Gas operates the licence talks with Silver City over using an additional rig
with a 100% interest. for proposed drilling on ATP 2062.™

P10 www. NEWSBASE .com Week 50 17•December•2020