Oz State Gas to Start Reid’s Dome Drilling in Nov
Brisbane-based State Gas plans to begin its drilling program at the Reid’s Dome gas project in Queensland, Australia, in November, the company said October 22.
“The Company has engaged Silver City Drilling to drill a new well, Primero West-1 in the northern half of the PL 231 permit. With a planned depth of 250 metres, Primero West-1 will test the Cattle Creek Formation in accordance with the terms of the Reid’s Dome Joint Operating Agreement,” State said.
Earlier this year, State Gas completed flow-testing from the long-shut-in conventional wells in the northern half of PL 231. It reported that despite the age of the wells, which were drilled between 11 and 37 years ago ,they flowed “significant” at lowest record stabilised rates of between 357,000 ft3/d and 658,000 ft3/d.
State Gas said that, additionally, gas potential of previously un-tested zones deeper within the Cattle Creek Formation will be investigated at a location where seismic interpretation indicates it is better-developed than other areas to the east.
“Following the identification of this potentially significant coal seam gas target within PL 231, the Company is planning to include Nyanda-4 in the current program to test both coal seam gas and conventional gas targets, subject to the Joint Operating Committee approval process,” it said.
“The Nyanda-4 well site will be located approximately 13.5km south of the Primero West-1 well and 50m southwest of Nyanda-1 (drilled in 1987) to investigate both the gas potential of tight gas sands and coal seams within the Reid’s Dome Beds,” it said.
In the event of successful identification of significant coal seam gas and/or conventional gas at the Reid’s Dome gas project, the east coast gas pipeline network is located about 50 kilometres to the north and east of the project area, with a granted pipeline survey licence currently in place.