Senex Energy Continues to Get Positive Results in Cooper Basin

Senex Energy continues to achieve positive results from its unconventional gas exploration campaign in South Australian Cooper Basin permit PEL 516, and reinstates production from its conventional oil business.

Sasanof-1 flowback operations are ongoing with the well continuing to produce fracture stimulation fluid and formation gas.

More than 200 metres of core was collected across the Roseneath and Murteree shales, Patchawarra sands and Toolachee coals during the drilling of Sasanof-1. Preliminary desorption results of the Sasanof-1 samples are positive and indicate the presence of gas and condensate in the Roseneath and Murteree shales and the Patchawarra Formation.

Following on from this success, a number of exploration and appraisal wells are planned in 2012-13 to appraise the productive capacity of this exciting unconventional gas play.

Talaq-1 is the second of three dedicated unconventional gas exploration wells to be drilled by Senex in its initial exploration campaign in PEL 516. The well is currently being cased, to await hydraulic fracture stimulation later in the year. High gas readings were observed throughout the Permian Section during drilling.