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Empire is negotiating with drilling contractor Weatherford Drilling International and their Drilling Rig 826 to settle acceptable costs and day rates to drill the Gingin West-1 well in September/October 2009 with the option to drill a second well from the same Gingin West-1 location that will test both structures being Gingin West Block B and then Gingin West Block A.
The potential for a development at Gingin West of up to 91.7 BCF of recoverable gas and 1.1 million barrels of associated condensate is considered an attractive and largely de-risked drilling programme over the Gingin West structures that have been delineated by both 2D Seismic and the recent recording of the Gingin West 3D Seismic Survey. The reservoir objectives at Gingin West are those that have been gas productive in the Gingin-1, Gingin-2 and Bootine-1 gas discovery wells.
The potential for a gas development at Gingin West of up to 91.7 BCF of recoverable gas and 1.1 million barrels of
associated condensate is considered an attractive and largely de-risked drilling programme over the Gingin West
structures that have been delineated by both 2D Seismic and the recent recording of the Gingin West 3D Seismic
Survey. The reservoir objectives at Gingin West are those that have been gas productive in the Gingin-1, Gingin-
2 and Bootine-1 gas discovery wells that have all flowed naturally at economic rates. Gingin West is located
approximately 2 to 3 kilometres from both the Dampier to Bunbury and the Dongara to Pinjarra natural gas
pipelines.
They aren't hanging around! Good news we should have a result in December for Gingin - this is what EGO needs - you can't make a living being an explorer, need to get something out of the ground to make some money. The below quote is already known to the market, but in my view is being ignored. Wonder what will make people take notice? Maybe gas flowing?
Should be a good $ to be made running up to spud, good luck to holders (and non-holders for crying out loud get on board!!)
My bolding.Gingin West is the prospect located updip from Bootine-1 that flowed gas at a stabilised rate of 2.25 million cubic feet of gas per day from one sand. It is interpreted that Bootine-1 was drilled at or near the spill point of the structure. The 3D Survey is designed to define the crestal position of the structure to intersect all 5 of the Cattamarra Coal Measures sands with structural closure.
Gingin-1 - put on production in 1972 and 1975 produced 1.72 BCF flowing at an average of 5 million cubic feet of gas per day before the well was shut in and plugged and abandoned upon focusing on the Dongara Gasfield discovery.
- Gingin-2 drilled in 1965 and put on production test. Recent evaluation indicates progressive formation damage probably due to the use of diesel based mud system.
Empire Oil and Gas NL and the EP389 Joint Venture is pleased to announce that the commencement of drilling operations occurred at 1330 hours on 18th November 2009.
Empire Oil Company (WA) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Empire Oil & Gas N.L., the Operator of the EP389 Permit, has contracted Weatherford Drilling International and its Rig 826 to drill the gas prospective Gingin
West-1 well to 3,850 metres with the election to drill ahead to the deeper tilted fault block play to 4,000 metres to test the Lower Cattamarra Sands prospective for both oil and gas.
Gingin West-1 Block B is in a 4 way dip closed anticline located up dip from discovery well Bootine-1 drilled in 1981 by Mesa Australia Ltd, which flowed 2.25 million cubic feet of gas per day from the Cattamarra Coal Measures D Sand which is interpreted from the 3D Seismic to be on the edge of the mapped closure.
The Gingin West-1 well will evaluate all the Cattamarra Coal Measures Sandstones updip in the Gingin West Block B structure from the Bootine-1 gas discovery well. The Gingin West-1 location has a number of separate targets for gas saturated sands over an interval of some 180 metres.
The Company and the EP389 Joint Venture have the option to drill a second well, Gingin West-2, from the same wellsite to test the adjacent Gingin West Block A fault controlled anticline.
The potential for a gas development at Gingin West of up to 91.7 billion cubic feet of recoverable gas and the associated 1.1 million barrels of condensate is considered an attractive and largely derisked drilling programme over these Gingin West structures that have been delineated by both 2D and the recently recorded Gingin West 3D Seismic Survey. The Cattamarra Coal Measures reservoir objectives at Gingin West are those that have flowed gas at economic rates at the Gingin-1, Gingin-2 and the Bootine-1 wells.
Gingin West-1 is estimated to take 35 days to drill and test.
13. Hydrocarbon Indications;
Background gas increasing with depth in the Yarragadee Fm.
Objectives are in the deeper Cattamarra Coal Measures.
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