Spudded yesterday, the Paradise Downs-1 well is a follow-up to the Lawton-1 well, which flowed gas to surface on test from the Walloon coal measures when drilled by Queensland Gas Company in 2001.
“Paradise-1 is a cored well, which will retrieve coal cores for desorption testing to establish gas contents of the Walloon coal measures, which underlie the northern area of PL 171,” VicPet said in a statement yesterday.
“[It] is the first of two wells to be drilled to establish gas contents for a program of subsequent drilling and reserves estimation.”
In addition to the Lawton CSM area, VicPet is a partner in the Don Juan CSM joint venture in which Bow Energy is operator.
Roma Petroleum is operator and holds an 80% stake in PL 171, while VicPet has 20%.
