The company retrieved the completion packer and found the testing string was clean and free of sand, indicating a valid but commercially unsuccessful test on the primary target Top Sawpit Sandstone member.
Drilling is continuing to a total depth of 2760 metres to assess Intra Sawpit Sandstone member, which tested at 405 barrels of oil per day in the original discovery well.
Once Jacaranda Ridge-2 reaches total depth, Adelaide Energy plans to electrically log the well after which a 4.5-inch liner will be run and cemented.
The well marks the first onshore oil search in eight years in the South Australian part of the Otway Basin.
