Central spuds 2nd well at Range gas project
Sydney-listed Central Petroleum has spudded Range-7, the second well in the three-well Range pilot programme in Queensland, it said on April 22.
The well has a target depth of 694 m below the rotary table and will be completed across the three seams of the Walloon coal measures. The first well in the programme, Range-6, was successfully executed in line with the plan. Total depth was reached at 675 m and the Walloon coal was intercepted over a depth range from 260 m to 610 m, Central said. The well was successfully cased, suspended and prepared for completion.
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Once all pilot wells are drilled and completed and the wellhead facilities commissioned, production will start, the company said. The Range gas project is a 50:50 joint venture between Central and Incitec Pivot in ATP 2031, a 77 km2 permit located in the Surat Basin, Queensland.