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Wagina gas discovery at West Erregulla-2
Strike Energy Limited confirms that the Strike-Warrego Joint Venture has made a significant gas discovery in the Wagina sandstone as part of the West Erregulla-2 drilling campaign.
The Wagina sandstone was found to be ~74 meters plus in thickness and made up of sections of clean sand with interpreted blocky porosity development that was observed on drilling to have hydrocarbons present throughout. This section was observed and interpreted from 4,106 to 4,180m.
The well section was finished without observing the end of the Wagina and there is potential for further Wagina sands to be encountered in the next section. The wireline logs have been loaded into Strike’s geological model and formation tops have been correlated to nearby offset wells. This correlation suggests that the Basal Wagina sandstone which is the formal secondary target of the well, is yet to be encountered.
The sudden influx of over-pressured gas into the well whilst drilling through the Wagina exceeded expectations and required mud weight changes to re-establish appropriate well conditions. This increased mud weight in conjunction with the active formation resulted in bore-hole breakout along the well bore. This has meant that the logging tools were unable to form a close contact with the sides of the well bore and attempts to gather reservoir pressures and samples were not successful.
The hole condition in the lower parts of the Wagina did not enable reliable logging to be achieved, however where credible logging results were captured at the top of the Wagina, this confirmed 14.2% porosity over a 2.5m section. This upper section coincides with the significant drilling break, clean porous sands and gas flows observed over the 6m section (4,111-4,117m), as reported on the 24th of July.
Gas discovery confirmed this morning at West Erregulla-2.
Gotta love it when a plan comes together!! Don't hold … wish I did
STAGGERING KINGIA GAS DISCOVERYAT WEST ERREGULLA
Strike Energy Limited confirms that the Strike-Warrego Joint Venture has made a significant gas discovery in the Kingia sandstone as part of the West Erregulla-2 drilling campaign. Logging While Drilling (LWD) tools have been recovered to surface and log interpretation has been undertaken.
The Kingia formation was encountered at 4,753 metres with gas on rock showing a gross gas column of at least 97 meters. The lower section from 4,790 metres onwards is made up of several high-quality large unitsof clean sand with thick blocky porosity development. This 67 metre section, which has high gas saturation throughout, is interpreted to have net pay of 41 metres and an average porosity of 14.3% with peaks of up to 19%.
The well has not encountered a gas water contact in the Kingia formation which, along with the excellent reservoir quality, is consistent with the seismic amplitude model that supports the interpreted field boundaries.
Especially after today. You know when a company puts an announcement's headline in all caps it's serious business.
Looks like things are finally paying off for STX shareholders. Well done to those that hold!
STX up another 55.2% to 22.5c today.
Both charts are too vertical so I'll just sit back and watch the action from the sidelines. Nice pay day for anyone holding though
Looks like we'll see some more gains today for STX but where it will eventually settle is anyone's guess. I don't know how to begin to value a gas discovery like this, so I'll leave that to the experts and watch from the sidelines with interest.
Should be a large year for strike with exploration and hopefully JAWS coming home.......
Been a long journey .......
Is that Commsec Barney?
Did you add the extras on the chart ?
Noice work !
Wasn't to be, we got a LL and pattern failed so off the watch list you go.If we get another HL then it will be interesting to watch for a BO
West Erregulla is one of the largest pre-drilled conventional onshore prospects in Australia and recent developments in terms of the understanding of the Wagina discovery are exciting. This outstanding discovery, from Australia’s deepest-ever onshore gas well, has confirmed STX’s subsurface interpretation of a high-quality reservoir with excellent productivity. Combined with what are expected to be commercial discoveries within the High Cliff and Wagina formations, STX believes these resources have the potential to produce some of the lowest-cost gas in Australia.
Furthermore, as a result of recent global economic conditions, two West Australian LNG projects have announced major delays. Both projects had previously been identified as significant contributors to the WA domestic gas market in the mid to late 2020s. As a result of these delays, STX is now forecasting a tightening of WA domestic gas market conditions.
"It's a blueprint for the gas industry, it's not a manufacturing blueprint, it's pathetic," said Tim Buckley, director of energy research at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, who spent 30 years in senior roles in investment banking.
"They say we need to correct the 'market failures' of our current energy supply to reduce electricity costs and 'break the investment logjam'.
"As far as I am concerned, spending 80 billion dollars in east coast gas markets in the last eight years is an exact opposite of an investment logjam."
Mr Buckley said there was a huge irony that the gas industry's massive, unprofitable investment in three giant gas export terminals off the coast of Queensland was responsible for a massive rise in gas prices for Australian industry.
"The very industry that has created a massive inflationary pressure that has undermined our manufacturing base is now saying the gas industry should get massive subsidies," he said.
"Their answer to the gas industry absolutely decimating the manufacturing industry is for tax payers to underwrite a rescue of the gas industry.
"They say they want 'a free and open trading regime', yet they are calling for taxpayers to provide massive capital subsidies and to underwrite gas prices."
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