Drilling & Production

Australia: Bengal taps rig for Cooper/Eromanga wells

April 5, 2012

Bengal Energy Ltd., Calgary, has purchased a 3,000-m capacity rotary rig and expects it to be mobilized to Brisbane from Dubai by July 2012 for the company’s drilling program on 100% owned ATP 732 in the southwestern Cooper/Eromanga basin.

Alan Petzet

The company has identified six potential drilling locations in four key play types at 1,000-1,800 m that include light oil in Jurassic, Cretaceous, and fractured basement and gas in Permian Toolachee sandstones.

About the Author

Alan Petzet | Chief Editor Exploration

Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.

Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.