Rig ordered for Cooper basin wells

The Cooper basin: Senex plans to spud the Skipton-1 and Kingston Rule-1 wells in August and October, respectively

SENEX ENERGY

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Danica Newnham

 24 July 2012 04:56 GMT

Australia-listed Senex Energy has contracted Weatherford’s 826 rig to drill the next two wells in its 12-well unconventional gas programme in South Australia’s Cooper basin.

The 1500-horsepower rig is contracted to drill the Skipton-1 well in Senex’s wholly-owned PEL 516 permit, and the Kingston Rule-1 well in its 55%-owned and operated PEL 115 permit, in the southern portion of the basin.

The wells will be drilled to a total depth of about 3000 metres and extensively cored.

They will target the Roseneath-Epsilon-Murteree (REM) package of shale and tight gas sands, as well as tight gas sand and deep coal seams in the Patchawarra formation.

Senex stated that drilling would start “in the coming weeks”, with each well expected to…

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