The company is now drilling ahead at the Jenners-1 vertical well to a total proposed depth of 2608 metres.

Joint venture partner Cooper Energy said the Jenners prospect was a four-way dip closed anticline, which was defined by the Dundinna 3D seismic survey carried out in 2013.

Jenners-1 is targeting the Tinchoo, Poolowanna and Birkhead formations and the Hutton sandstone, and is located just north of Fairbridge-1 which found oil shows in two formations.

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