The company yesterday said Berwyndale South-66 is currently suspended, awaiting a workover rig to drill out the plug and clean out the well before running the pump.

The well, in PL 201, is part of an ongoing development drilling program to provide additional deliverability to meet increased contractual obligations including the expanded Braemar Power Project contract.

Berwyndale South-66 is designed to access both the Juandah and Taroom coal measures for immediate production.

QGC said after wireline logging, all significant seams in the Juandah and Taroom coal measures were under-reamed and 7-inch pre-perforated casing set across the Juandah Coal Measures.

The company holds a 90% interest in PL 201 and SGA (Queensland) owns the remaining 10%.

Meanwhile, Kenya-20 in PL 228 is also awaiting a workover rig to drill out the plug and clean out the well before running the pump, while Kenya-13 is drilling ahead at about 201m, near the top of the Juandah Coal Measures.

Kenya-20 is the second well and Kenya-13 is the third in a new program to provide gas to meet the contractual obligations of the Incitec Pivot Development gas supply contract.

QGC said the wells are designed to access the Juandah and Taroom coal measures for immediate production.

QGC holds a 59.375% interest in PL 228 and Origin Energy CSG owns the remaining stake.

QGC is in the midst of an aggressive drilling and testing program aimed at accelerating the commercialisation of its Surat Basin, Queensland assets and increase proven and probable reserves to at least 1000 petajoules.

Last year, managing director Richard Cottee said QGC aimed to confirm reserves large enough to meet eastern Australia’s gas needs for many years from a very low-cost base by September.