Located in TL/9, 13km south south-west of Varanus Island the Twickenham-1 well was drilled from a surface location adjacent to the Double Island Platform in TL/9, as a deviated well to intersect the Twickenham Prospect in the contiguous permit TL/6.
The well has drilled to a total depth of 3,410m measured depth and has failed to encounter any hydrocarbons. Twickenham-1 well will now be plugged and abandoned and the next well scheduled will be the Gipsy-4 oil development well.
Harriet Joint Venture participants include Tap Oil (operator) 12.2229%, Apache Energy 68.5%, Kufpec 19.2771%.
Bluff-1 is located in PEP 38746 in NZ's onshore Taranaki Basin and will be drilled to investigate the hydrocarbon potential of the Mt. Messenger sandstones at a depth below 1,200m. Secondary objectives include channel deposited sandstones within the overlying Urenui Formation.
The Joint Venture participants in PEP 38746 are Tap (New Zealand) 25%, Indo-Pacific Energy (NZ) (Operator) 25%, Magellan Petroleum (NZ) 25% and AWE New Zealand 25.0%.
