Conventional

Comet Ridge enlists Silver City for Mahalo

Under the agreement Silver City will execute a five well drilling program with an expected spud date in mid-to-late September. Production testing will follow the
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Senex gains Surat Basin approval

Having already secured state environmental approvals and a petroleum lease, Senex has now successfully acquired authorisation under the Commonwealth Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity
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Santos develops fourth Cooper rig

The Ensign 965 rig will drill eight wells in the remainder of the year, taking Santos to almost 90 wells drilled in the Cooper Basin this year. With nearly 400 wells drilled in Queensland in 2018 in conjunction
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Real contracts Halliburton for fracture stimulation

Subject to weather conditions, Real expects to begin the multi-stage fracture stimulation program at depth below 2,300 m in both Tamarama wells in September 2018. Real Energy Managing Director Scott
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Wood wins Scarborough contract

The Scarborough gas field is located in the Carnarvon Basin on the coast of Western Australia. Woodside plans develop the resource with 12 subsea, high-rate gas wells with commencement of drilling targeted
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Cue successfully suspends WA-359-P permit

The National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA) approved the suspension which will extend the WA-359-P permit until 25 April 2019. The suspension and extension will
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JV discovers more oil at Dorado-1

The Carnarvon Petroleum-Quadrant Energy Joint Venture (JV) announced the latest wireline results had confirmed more light oil in the Crespin and Milne Members of the well, adding another 40 m of net oil
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Barikewa-3 well strikes gas

The well, located in the Forelands region, intersected 25 m of net gas pay within the Toro and Hedinia reservoir objectives. A drill-stem test was carried out across the Toro interval, with the on-site
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