While the company ruled out drill stem testing of the interval from 996m to 1017m, it plans to examine the zone again during wireline logging.

Blamore-1 targets up to 25 million barrels of recoverable oil with the primary objectives in the Poolowanna Formation and the Tirrawarra Sandstone.

This will be followed by up to three coal seam methane exploration wells - the first stage of exploration for resources that Central estimates to be 34-70 trillion cubic feet recoverable - before the Hunt Rig 2 moves to drill the Simpson-1 oil well.