DRILLING

Bellbird-1 JV perseveres despite poor results

THE Bellbird West-1 exploration well has failed to flow gas to surface during an initial drill stem test over the interval 2256-2282m in the Showgrounds Formation in Surat Basin permit ATP 552P.

Bellbird-1 JV perseveres despite poor results

Partner Rawson Resources told the Australian Stock Exchange this morning that reverse circulation of the drill-string only recovered watery mud with some associated gassy odour.

During drilling, the Showgrounds Sandstone was intersected at a depth of 2263m where elevated gas readings and fluorescence were recorded over a 19m interval.

Operator Ausam Resources now plans to continue drilling ahead into the sandstone to the planned Stage 1 total depth of 2368m, as well as run wireline logs and conduct further evaluation. The well will then be cased and suspended in preparation for Stage 2 operations.

Stage 2 involves deepening the well in October to a total depth of 2500m to evaluate the primary Permian reservoir target interval, equivalent to that which produced at Bellbird-1, 4km away.

Potential recoverable reserves from the Permian objective alone for the Bellbird West Prospect are between 300,000 and 1.6 million barrels of oil.

Both Ausam and Rawson will earn a 25% in the ATP 552P permit, by paying 50% each of the cost of the well, from Great Artesian Oil and Gas.

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