Drillsearch, Beach Energy Flow Gas from Cooper Basin Well

Australia’s Drillsearch Energy has announced that its Wet Gas joint venture with Beach Energy ( (Drillsearch 50%, Beach 50%) drilled the Ralgnal-1 exploration well in PRL 130 located in the South Australian Cooper Basin.

A Drill Stem Test (DST) was performed over the Patchawarra Formation with gas flowing to surface at a rate of 5.88 mmscf/d. 

Drillsearch’s preliminary evaluation of well logs indicates a gross interval in the Patchawarra Formation between 2,379 and 2,787 metres with net pay of 6.6 metres, and a gross interval in the Tirrawarra Formation between 2,787 and 2,842 metres with net pay of 3.0 metres.

In the Wet Gas joint venture with Santos (Drillsearch 40%, Santos 60%), the Nulla North-1 well spudded on 27 January in the northwest of PRL 133.

 A near-field exploration well, Nulla North-1 is targeting wet gas in the Patchawarra Formation and Tirrawarra Sandstone.  Preliminary assessment of initial mud and wireline logs has identified multiple wet gas shows in the Patchawarra Formation and the deeper Tirrawarra Sandstones.

The joint venture is proceeding with a DST of the well to determine whether a new wet gas discovery has been made, Drillsearch said.