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Dunsborough unveils bullish oil show



By Upstream staff 

The Dunsborough-2 appraisal well that lies off Western Australia in the Perth basin looks set to unveil significant hydrocarbons after it recovered a second core to surface.

Two 24 metre cores cut during the last three days had 100% recovery and good oil shows throughout the 48.6 metre total cored interval from between 1515 metres and 1563.5 metres, said the operator Roc Oil.

“Subject to completing the coring programme, drilling to total depth and running a full suite of logs, including wireline sampling, this latest well appears to point to a potentially significant gross hydrocarbon column both at the Dunsborough-2 well and for the field as a whole,” Roc said in a statement today.

The well is due to reach the planned total depth of about 1680 metres over the next few days.

Dunsborough-2 lies about two kilometers south of the Dunsborough-1 discovery and is the final well of a three well programme in permit WA-286.

Roc Oil operates the permit with a 37.5% stake, coupled with Arc Energy on 30%, Australian Worldwide Exploration holds 27.5% and CIECO Energy has the remaining


Friday, 28 March, 2008, 02:56 GMT  | last updated: Monday, 31 March, 2008, 00:53 GMT

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