Origin drills Otway duster

Nothing but dust: Origin has come up dry in the first of up to six wells it plans to drill in the offshore Otway basin over the next two years

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Josh Lewis

 14 May 2012 08:58 GMT

Australia’s Origin Energy has come up dry in the Thistle-1 exploration well in the Otway basin, off the coast of Victoria.

Origin said the well was drilled to a total depth of 2265 metres using the semi-submersible Stena Clyde but failed to encounter any hydrocarbon shows in the objective Waarre sandstones.

As a result it added it was now planning to plug and abandon the well.

Thistle-1 was drilled in Vic/P43 about 16 kilometres north-north-west of the Geographe gas field.

As Upstream reported late last year, Origin plans to drill up to six wells in the Otway basin over the next two years in a bid to find new reserves close to its…

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