EXPLORATION

Lakes Blue drills at cracking pace in Wombat gas race

Well hits 920m in four days as Lakes targets commercial flows from Gippsland gas play

Lakes Blue has drilled more than 900 metres at Wombat-5 well in just four days.

Lakes Blue has drilled more than 900 metres at Wombat-5 well in just four days. | Credits: Lakes Blue Energy

Lakes Blue Energy has drilled a measured depth of 920 metres in just four days at its Wombat-5 well in Victoria's Gippsland Basin, including 558m in the past 24 hours, in what could be one of the fastest...

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