Quadrant Energy Spuds Roc-2 Gas Well in Australia's North West Shelf

Quadrant Energy has commenced drilling of Roc-2 well in the North West Shelf of Australia.

The main aims of the Roc-2 well are to appraise the Roc gas-condensate discovery in the Caley section that Carnarvon announced on 4 January 2016, to progress towards proving a volume above the minimum economic field size and to establish potential flow rates for future development planning, joint venture partner Carnarvon Petroleum said.

Secondary objectives for the well are to explore the hydrocarbon potential of the deeper Milne member, where encouraging hydrocarbon shows were observed during the final phase of drilling the Roc-1 well, and the shallower Huxley member, where oil shows were encountered at Roc-1.  

The Roc-2 well will be drilled in around 100m water depth, approx. 160 km north-east of Port Hedland in the Bedout sub-basin of the greater Roebuck basin. The well will take approx. 60 days to drill down to a total depth of around 5,250 metres, including the cutting of 120 metres of core, before the evaluation program is undertaken. The evaluation, including wireline logging and flow testing, is expected to extend over a further 40 days.  

The equity interest holders are: Carnarvon Petroleum 20 percent; Quadrant Energy (Operator) 80 percent.