Bounty Oil & Gas NL (“Bounty”) announces progress report on the New Seaclem 1 well in PEP 11.
The well was spudded at 00.00 hours AEDST 15 December 2010 and has drilled the 9 7/8″ pilot hole to 310.5 metres BRT.
Current operations: Preparing to open hole to 36″ before running the 30″ conductor casing. This conductor will be cemented into the well in preparation for installation of the BOPs.
Forward operations: On current schedule, BOPs are expected to be installed on 19 December 2010 and the well is anticipated to reach the primary objective target zone during the period, 25-26 December 2010.
Bounty will release further details as soon as this information is available.
The well operator is Asset Energy Pty Limited a wholly owned subsidiary of Advent Energy Limited.
The well is the first exploration well to be drilled offshore New South Wales.
New Seaclem-1 will target natural gas in the Great White and Marlin stratigraphic prospects contained within the Cainozoic age sedimentary sequence. The specific gas targets are within interpreted Tertiary age sandstone reservoirs in that sequence and on the basis of seismic interpretation and site surveys the Great White/Marlin prospects have prospective gas in place resources of 7 TCF.
Bounty is free carried for all costs of the New Seaclem 1 well. Upon completion of the well Advent Energy Limited will increase its working interest in PEP11 from 25% to 85%. Bounty will thereby reduce its interest from 75% to 15%.
About: Bounty Oil and Gas Nl
Bounty Oil and Gas Nl is an Australian ASX listed oil producer and explorer. Its core petroleum production and exploration assets are located in the Cooper/Eromanga Basins and in the Surat Basin in Queensland and South Australia. Its growth assets are spread over a number of high impact projects in Australia and Tanzania where it is exploring for oil and gas. In Australia it is a participant in PEP 11, Sydney Basin with up to 16 trillion cubic feet (TCF) gas potential and in other permits. In Tanzania it is a participant in the Kiliwani North gas discovery and is exploring additional gas pools with up to 1 TCF potential.
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Source: ABNNews, December 15, 2010; Image: Bounty oil and gas