Otway drill

By Russell Searancke

 03 May 2012 22:59 GMT

Origin Energy has started an offshore drilling campaign near its Otway Gas Project off south-east Australia.

The company is using the semi-submersible drilling rig Stena Clyde to drill the Thistle-1 gas exploration well to be followed by two production wells at the Geographe field and possibly a second exploration well.

Thistle is targeting about 500 billion cubic feet of gas in place. The well is 16 kilometres north-west of the Geographe discovery.

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