The state-run player spun the bit on theOz-Alpha 1 probe in exploration permit 104 earlier than it was previouslythought the company would do.
The well is 50 kilometres south-west of the Owen2 well on the same licence, Canadian joint venture partner PetroFrontier said.
All of the fivepossible vertical wells will be extensively cored and evaluated, and up tothree of them will be hydraulically fractured and production tested.
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