Blue drilling ahead in Surat
BLUE Energy’s quest for reserves certification in the Surat Basin is progressing with the company drilling the last well in its three-well program to evaluate the Walloon Coal Measures in ATP 854P.
The company said the Lucas-Mitchell Rig 180 started drilling Itude-3 on July 25 and was coring ahead at 221m.
Itude-3 will be drilled to a depth of about 380m to evaluate the Walloon Coal Measures.
The first well in the program, Itude-1, was drilled to a depth of 299m and intersected geological formations close to prognosis.
According to Blue, the results from Itude-1 will form part of a dataset on the Walloon Coal Measures that will be submitted to reserve certifiers.
The second well, Itude-2, reached a depth of 281m and has been suspended pending later completion as a monitoring well.
The company said Itude-2 had achieved its objectives and intersected 9m of net coal.
Following the completion of Itude-3, the drilling rig will move to ATP 896P, east of Arrow Energy’s Tipton West gas field, to drill a further five wells.
Blue holds 100% of ATP 854P and ATP 896P.
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
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