Senex resumes Cooper output

A bald eagle soars on the air currents at dusk, between storm clouds over Manette, Wash., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Larry Steagall)

Clearing sky: Senex has started to resume output from its Cooper basin fields after unseasonal rains forced them to be shut in

LARRY STEAGALL

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Josh Lewis

 15 June 2012 04:40 GMT

Brisbane-based Senex Energy has resumed oil production from its fields in Australia’s onshore Cooper basin after they were shut in earlier this month due to unseasonal wet weather.

Senex said it had recommenced restricted production from most of its operations in the basin, including the Growler and Snatcher oilfields, after several key roads were re-opened at the start of the week.

The company shut in the fields at the start of the month after “unseasonal rain events” forced the closure of roads which were used to deliver crude from Senex’s Cooper operations to Moomba.

Senex said output from its operated fields was averaging over 4500 gross barrels of oil per day as of Thursday, adding additional production would come online over…

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