The Timmy well is a horizontal completion well in which liners were recently run in two laterals. The vertical production well which the laterals intersect, was also worked over to allow production testing to resume.

Initial production testing of the unlined laterals at Timmy yielded significantly higher water production rates than either the Mungi or Harcourt horizontal wells. This is considered an encouraging sign of the likelihood of increased permeability and consequent higher gas flow rates.

The prospect covers an area of approximately 17,000 acres and is located only 25km south of PL94 where Timmy operator Origin Energy owns the mature and commercially successful Dawson Valley field and where junior partner Molopo has existing production from the Mungi Field.

“The Timmy Prospect represents an advanced CBM appraisal project where earlier work by Conoco and others have demonstrated thick, gassy coal seams, prospective for CBM production” said Molopo executive director, David Casey.

“Testing by Conoco in the mid 1990s produced initial production rates of nearly 150,000 cubic feet/day using old stimulation techniques. This demonstrates the potential productivity of the Timmy field” he said.

No reserves have been established at Timmy, but the partners’ most recent estimate suggests the prospect could contain recoverable gas volumes of up to 137 PJ.

Interests in ATP602P are Origin Energy Limited (50%), Molopo (25%) and Helm Energy-Australia LLC (25%).