Australian duo Santos and Carnarvon Petroleum have started drilling an appraisal well on the Dorado oil discovery off Western Australia, writes Josh Lewis.
Both companies confirmed last week that drilling had started on the Dorado-2 well using the jack-up Noble Tom Prosser.
“With the rig now on location at Dorado-2, drilling has commenced on the first of two appraisal wells to evaluate last year’s significant Dorado oil discovery in the Bedout basin ahead of a front end engineering and design decision next year,” Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher said last week.
