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Innamincka said the drilling contractor, Ensign, expects to start mobilising Rig 30 to the Flax oil field in PEL 103 early next month.
As a result, the first well in its program, Flax-3, is expected to spud a couple of weeks later.
Elsewhere in the basin, Eagle Bay says the drill crews have been re-mobilised to the Century Rig-3 and the roads to its PEL 182 permit have reopened following widespread flooding in the region.
The operator estimates it is about one week behind schedule on its Vanessa-1 exploration well, as Halliburton cementing trucks were unable to get to the site
