Beach have a tendency to "trade" their assets - eg two 10% chunks of the BMG field; their Tipton West CSG interest... It wouldn't surprise me to see them continue to sell down their remaining DLS interest - about 10% - with a view to having another go at them sometime down the track.
12 November 2009
Tintaburra Block Drilling Success / Ipundu North-13 next development
well in program
Drillsearch Energy Ltd (ASX: DLS) is pleased to announce that the Ipundu-16 development well has been successfully drilled and will be cased and suspended as a future oil producer.
The company is also pleased to announce that following completion of the Ipundu-16 well it will also participate in the Ipundu North-13 development well as the second well in the Tintaburra Block oil development drilling campaign.
The Tintaburra Block is a joint venture of Santos Ltd (89%) and DLS (11%) and is the company's largest production joint venture.
18 November 2009
Chiton Oil Field Development Update – Chiton-1 tests at over 2400 BOPD
production rate
Drillsearch Energy Ltd (ASX: DLS) is pleased to provide this update on the development of the Chiton Oil Field. The company was advised by Beach Petroleum as operator early yesterday evening that it completed a flow test on the Chiton-1 oil discovery well.
The test was conducted following perforation across a 5.5 metre interval from 1409.6 to 1415.1 metres measured depth. The test was conducted for 1.3 hours and averaged an estimated flow rate over that period of 2,434 barrels of oil per day and day & 226 barrels of water per day.
Chiton-1 is the first Namur Sandstone oil discovery within PEL-91. The Namur Sandstone has proved to be a prolific oil producer along the same trend immediately to the south in PEL 92.
An initial estimate of the potential resource based on this data, indicates recoverable oil reserves in the field in the range 0.04 to 0.39 million barrels (P90 to P10) with a P50 reserve of 0.12 million barrels.
After completion of the initial drilling operations, Chiton-1 was completed as a future production well and the further information acquired from the production test will enable Beach to refine the resource estimate for the Chiton Oil Field.
Working Interests in the Chiton-1 well and the Marino-1 well are: Drillsearch Energy Limited 60% and Beach Petroleum Limited 40%
3 March 2010
SUBSTANTIAL UPGRADE TO WESTERN COOPER UNCONVENTIONAL
GAS PROJECT PROSPECTIVE RESOURCE POTENTIAL
• Drillsearch recently engaged independent technical experts to assess the
Prospective Resource* Potential of the Western Cooper Unconventional Gas
Project
• The finding of this independent review materially increases the Gross Deep
Coal Seam Prospective Resource potential to 9.9 to 19.9 TCF – an increase of
over 360% from previous estimates
• The review is based on extensive data from over 450 conventional oil & gas
well logs
• The Western Cooper Unconventional Gas Project is located close to extensive,
existing gas pipeline infrastructure capable of accessing most of Eastern
Australia’s major gas markets
• These Unconventional Gas Resources can be appraised & developed as part of
company’s conventional Western Cooper Wet Gas Project
• Successful evaluation of these Unconventional Gas Prospective Resources
presents a material growth and economic opportunity for the company
* Defined at the end of this ASX release
Drillsearch Energy Ltd (ASX: DLS) is pleased to announce a significant increase in the Prospective Resource Potential of the Western Cooper Unconventional Gas Project.
Significant Increase in Resource Potential – 360% over previous estimate
The unconventional gas Prospective Resource potential of deep coal seams in the Western Cooper
Unconventional Gas Project Area has increased by approximately 360%.
Drillsearch has just completed the second phase of an independent technical review with MBA Petroleum Consultants Pty Ltd (MBA) of the Prospective unconventional gas resource potential of deep coal seams in the Permian and Triassic formations of the Western Cooper Basin. This independent technical review is an extension of the earlier work completed by MBA prior to the award of PELA 513. It should be noted that Prospective Resources are as yet undiscovered and, as such, carry significant risk. Gas content, gas composition (gas may not only be methane) and certain coal parameters are poorly known and require specialist coal seam gas (CSG) sampling and testing, which will be addressed by near future drilling.
On 27 November 2009, Drillsearch previously announced the results of the independent review of the deep coal seam gas potential of the project area. The previous announcement indicated that the
unconventional gas Prospective Resource potential was between 2.7 to 5.4 TCF based on a gas-inplace of 10.9 TCF.
“Drillsearch is very encouraged by the results of the independent review for the overall unconventional resource prospectivity of the our permit areas in the Western Cooper,” Drillsearch Managing Director, Brad Lingo said.
“Our own exploration drilling in this area has shown that there are multiple, thick coal seams and the well logs has indicated significant gas contents. Previously this has been considered a drilling problem rather than an opportunity worth exploring further.”
“The independent review confirmed that these coal seams are extensively distributed throughout our acreage from a detailed analysis of 450 wells in the area and our extensive seismic coverage – both 2D and 3D – of the area.
Now BPT are out of the way(in a sense) and some of the floodwaters have abated, production can go on.
I'd rather own DLS @ o.05 than BPT @ 0.75(or even 0.30).......those with patience (I stress endless?) will be happy they hung around.
Let's see where the earlier knockers are then.
Be Good!
Welcome Kevin,
I know it is your 1st post, but please explain why you feel this is the case? ASF is for analysis and explanations, so the more details the better
Thanks
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