Strike Energy Starts Drilling Operations at Southern Cooper Basin Gas Project

Strike Energy has commenced drilling operations at the Southern Cooper Basin Gas Project in Australia.

A drilling rig is on location at the Le Chiffre 1 well site preparing to spud pending receipt of final regulatory approvals, the company said.

“This well marks the start of the next step in Strike’s program for the rapid commercialisation of the large gas resource in PEL 96 and the adjacent permits,” Strike said.

The Le Chiffre 1 well is being drilled by the PEL 96 joint venture (Strike 66.7% and operator, Energy World Corporation 33.3%) and is located approximately 105 km south-­‐south west of Moomba and 4 km east of the Moomba to Adelaide Pipeline.

The well will be drilled to a proposed total depth of 2,021 m and is expected to take approximately 21 days to complete.

The drilling program includes extensive coring and formation evaluation of the Toolachee, REM and Patchawarra formations. 

Drilling operations are expected to be completed early in 2014 with detailed analysis of logs, cores, gas samples and test  results undertaken during the first quarter of 2014. 

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