Strike to spud South Erregulla-1 this week
Australian oil and gas producer Strike Energy is planning to spud the South Erregulla-1 (SE1) well in Western Australia this week, it said on January 10.
Mobilisation of the Ensign 970 drilling rig has been completed and the rig is ready to start drilling operations at the well. Minor delays have been encountered to the spud of the well whilst Strike and Ensign mobilised the required personnel into quarantine prior to border closures in Western Australia at the end of 2021, Strike said.
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“These staff on clearance are expected to commence full duties and spud SE1 towards the end of this week. Additional preparatory activities for spud will be carried out in lead up to commencement of full operations in order to ensure a timely execution of the proposed drilling programme,” it added.
South Erregulla is located in the 100% Strike owned EP503 which adjoins EP469 where the company as operator has made a conventional gas discovery at West Erregulla. SE1 lies less than 5 km to the south of the nearest West Erregulla intersection.
The primary objective of the well is to delineate approximately 350 petajoules of resources in order to secure the gas requirements for Haber urea project. On confirmation of success at SE1, Strike will look to sanction additional detailed engineering, finalise the urea offtake process, and progress the equity/debt processes for Haber project.