PetroFrontier plans June Georgina start

MacIntyre-2H well campsite, Southern Georgina basin, operated by PetroFrontier, Baraka Energy

June: Work on the MacIntyre-2H well campsite in the Northern Territory's Southern Georgina basin, is expected to start soon.

BARAKA ENERGY

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Andrew Hobbs

 31 May 2012 02:35 GMT

Canadian company PetroFrontier expects to restart work on its project in the remote Southern Georgina basin in Australia’s Northern Territory in early June after announcing today that a rig was on the move.

As Upstream reported, PetroFrontier had contracted Ensign Rig 918 to drill and stimulate its MacIntyre-2H and Baldwin-2H wells in January, hoping to start the programme in mid to late March.

But the company had been unable to secure the rig until mid-April, when wet season rains kept the rig from being transported to the site.

In an announcement released today, PetroFrontier said the Ensign drilling equipment would be onsite at the MacIntyre-2 well site in the north-eastern corner of EP 127 by early June 2012 .

Drilling of the horizontal leg…

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