Santos Finds Gas in Browse Basin

Santos on Friday announced a gas discovery at the Bassett West-1 exploration well in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia.

Bassett West-1 is located approximately 475 kilometres north-northeast of Broome and approximately 90km east-northeast of the Crown-1 discovery, made in the adjacent permit by Santos in November last year.

The water depth at location is 368 metres and the well reached a total depth of 5239m. Wireline logging and sampling has confirmed 7.5m gas pay in Jurassic sandstones on the western flank of the large Bassett structure.

Santos holds 30% of the permit, WA-408-P. The other joint venture partners are Total (50% and operator) and Murphy Oil Corporation (20%).

Drilling of the next well in the program, Dufresne-1, is due to begin after Bassett West-1 has been plugged and abandoned.