The probe is designed to appraise the Windmill oil discovery, which was made in October last year in South Australia's petroleum exploration licence 92. It is also aimed at accelerating production from the Namur sandstone reservoir.
Windmill-2 was spudded on Saturday and is expected to be completed within the next 10 days.
The four-well campaign also includes the nearby Callawonga-9 well, located to the west of the Windmill discovery, and the Butlers-7 and Butlers-8 wells, which lie south-west of the field.
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