Two weeks ago, the Perth-based company, which operates both Cooper Basin wells, announced that Lightning-1 would be cased and suspended for production testing and stimulation as a future Murta oil producer.
VicPet said the well had successfully tested the Greater Mirage Murta Oil pool concept of a potential 23 million barrels of in-place oil over the Mirage-Lightning area.
“We are confident that future production testing operations will show that Lightning-1 is part of the Greater Mirage Murta oil pool,” managing director John Kopcheff said at the time.
Jindivik-1, which spudded on Wednesday, also aims to test this concept.
The well is expected to take 11 days to reach a total depth of 1683m.
At a depth of 1313m, it is expected to intersect the primary target Murta Sands, which also are oil productive in the Mirage Oil Field, 4km south-west.
Secondary targets are the sands of the McKinlay, Namur, basal Birkhead and Hutton formations.
“Victoria Petroleum is pleased to have started drilling at Jindivik-1 to prove that the shallow Murta formation in this well, if oil is present, is part of the Greater Mirage Murta oil pool,” Kopcheff said.
“In the event of exploration success, oil production from Jindivik-1 can be quickly connected to the Mirage Oil Field production facilities.”
The PEL 115 joint venture, which includes the Lightning-1 and Jindivik-1 wells, are VicPet, which holds a 40% stake, Impress Ventures (40%) and Roma Petroleum (20%).
