EXPLORATION

 Hopes dashed for Kingia oil

THE first oil well drilled in the Perth Basin in several years has come up dry and will be plugged and abandoned. It was drilled to 2520 metres, pushing joint venture partners' share prices down by double digits. 

The Ensign 970 which drilled the duster

The Ensign 970 which drilled the duster

  The primary objective of the well was to test the oil potential in three Lower Permian zones: the Kingia Formation; the Dongara Sandstone, and the High Cliff Sandstone.    It was the first time...

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