Empire reports "strong" gas flow from Carpentaria-1
Sydney-listed Empire Energy on June 28 reported “strong” gas flow rates from its Carpentaria-1 vertical well in EP187 tenement, located onshore Northern Territory in the Beetaloo sub-basin.
Empire said that Carpentaria-1 had flowed gas to surface at rates that exceed expectations including an initial peak rate of more than 0.5mn ft3/day and an initial stabilised rate of 0.37mn ft3/day over a 72-hour test period. The well had also flowed gas at an instantaneous peak rate following a short shut-in of more than 1.6mn ft3/day. “As a result, Empire has lodged a discovery notice with the Northern Territory government,” it added.
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Results achieved to date compare favourably to other results across the Beetaloo sub-basin and indicate that future horizontal development wells in EP187 have the potential to produce at commercial flow rates, Empire said.
Empire said it had not yet processed the data required to assess which of the four stimulated zones is providing the greatest contribution to flow rates and the relative gas-liquids composition of each zone. This will be determined by analysing gas samples in the coming weeks. The most productive zones are likely to be targeted for future horizontal appraisal well drilling, it said.