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Floods force Marracoonda retreat



By Upstream staff 

Heavy rain and flooding in far south-west Queensland have forced Bow Energy to evacuate the majority of its crew working on the Marracoonda-2 well, at the Wompi Block in ATP 752P.

Operator Bow said the well had reached a revised total depth of 1775 metres ahead of the evacuation. The probe hit minor oil shows which did not warrant further testing.

A skeleton crew has been left at Marracoonda to monitor the well and Bow hopes to restart operations ass soon as possible. The company added that there hass been substantial rain in the area which has caused widespread flooding and road closures.

Marracoonda-2 is the first of a three well back-to-back programme at Wompi. The well will be followed by Gamma-1 and Nora-2 which have a combined recoverable oil potential estimated to top 12 million barrels.

ATP 752P lies in the Queensland sector of the Cooper-Eromanga basin.


Wednesday, 24 January, 2007, 01:46 GMT  | last updated: Wednesday, 24 January, 2007, 01:46 GMT

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