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Horizontal wells to test Cooper Basin shale gas
deliverability are planned. The first horizontal
well in South Australia is expected to be
Holdfast-2 in the Nappamerri Trough (Beach
Energy, PEL 218), currently planned for Q4 2012.
Santos is also planning a horizontal well trial
expected to proceed in Q1 2013.
Senex Energy has completed a $155 MM equity
raising to fund the planned FY2012–2013+ work
program. The work includes 12 vertical wells
targeting unconventional gas in Senex Energy’s
southern Cooper Basin permits (primarily
PEL 516), following early success at Sasanof-1,
Talaq-‌1 and Skipton-1.
The South Australian Department of
Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources
and Energy (DMITRE) formed a South Australian
Roundtable for Unconventional Gas in May
2010.
A total of 149 organisations are participating
in the Roundtable including individuals, peak
representative bodies, companies, universities,
media outlets, and key agencies from all States,
the Northern Territory and the Commonwealth
governments.
The Roundtable is tasked with producing a
Roadmap for Unconventional Gas Projects in
South Australia to identify opportunities and
risks to: inform markets; inform people and
enterprises that may someday compatibly
co-exist with unconventional gas projects; and
reduce critical uncertainties that may impede
efficient, profitable and welcomed investment.
The Roadmap is being developed with input
from stakeholders and is scheduled to be
published in late 2012. You can check the latest
on the Roadmap here:
http://www.petroleum.pir.sa.gov.au/
prospectivity/basin_and_province_information/
unconventional_gas/unconventional_gas_
interest_group/roadmap_for_unconventional_
gas_projects_in_sa
Top Patchawarra depth structure image with wells
targeting unconventional gas plays.
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