ConocoPhillips kicks off shale campaign in Oz

US major ConocoPhillips and Australia-listed New Standard Energy have kicked off a three-well drilling programme at the Goldwyer shale project in Western Australia with the spudding of the Nicolay-1 well.

Goldwyer project: the drill pad construction site for the Nicolay-1 well onshore Western Australia's Canning basin
Goldwyer project: the drill pad construction site for the Nicolay-1 well onshore Western Australia's Canning basin
Published 20 August 2012, 03:54Updated 11 October 2016, 11:02