The well was sidetracked at 2065 metres measured depth and is expected to take about six days to reach target.
The Jingemia-6 surface location is 760 metres north of the Jingemia oil production facility.
Participants in Production Licence L14 and Jingemia-6 are:
Origin Energy Developments Pty Ltd (operator) 49.189%, Arc Energy 33.141%, Voyager (PB) Limited 11%, Victoria Petroleum Offshore Pty Ltd 5%, Norwest Energy NL 1.278%, Roc Oil Pty Ltd 0.250% and J. K. Geary 0.142%.