Santos establishes new Cooper-Eromanga gas play

Sept. 18, 2001
Santos Ltd., operator of a South West Queensland exploration unit in Australia, has cased and suspended the Wellington-1 gas well as a Toolachee gas producer. Santos said the formation is a new gas play in the Queensland sector of the Cooper-Eromanga basins.

By the OGJ Online Staff

HOUSTON, Sept. 18 -- Santos Ltd., operator of a South West Queensland exploration unit in Australia, has cased and suspended the Wellington-1 gas well as a Toolachee gas producer.

Santos said the formation is a new gas play in the Queensland sector of the Cooper-Eromanga basins.

During a 2-hr initial production test, the well flowed gas at a calculated rate of 257,700 cu m/day (9.1 MMcfd) through a 12.5-mm (1/2-in.) choke.

Santos' Managing Director John Ellice-Flint said, "The well successfully proved the existence of a stratigraphic trap in the Baryulah/Juno region, 35 km south of the Ballera gas plant. We intend to quickly complete connection of the well to the Baryulah trunkline before the end of November, and follow-up appraisal activity is planned to assess the extent of the hydrocarbon accumulation."

Operator Santos owns 60.0625%; Delhi Petroleum Pty. Ltd., 23.20%; Origin Energy Resources Ltd., 16.50%; and Oil Co. of Australia, 0.2375%.