Strike Energy reports significant flow test at West Erregulla

Strike Energy Ltd., Adelaide, announced a strong test flow from its West Erregulla-2 appraisal well in permit EP 469 in the onshore North Perth basin of Western Australia (OGJ Online, Aug. 2, 2019).

Strike said that 48 m of perforations across the Kingia Sandstone reservoir between 4,799 m and 4,951 m flowed at a rate of 69 MMcfd of gas through a 2-in. choke with a wellhead pressure of 700 psi. The test lasted one hour.

The flow was limited by surface equipment constraints which indicates that the Kingia reservoir has the capacity to flow at higher rates.

The test program has been designed to determine the deliverability from the well using a series of flow tests at different choke settings, rates, and wellhead pressures as well as the collection of gas samples for compositional analysis.

Strike’s managing director and chief executive officer Stuart Nicholls said the flow rate from the Kingia confirms the company’s interpretation of a high quality reservoir with excellent productivity.

He said that the result, along with significant upside in the underlying High Cliff formation and the overlying Wagina formation increases the attractiveness of West Erregulla as the company progresses towards appraisal and development.

West Erregulla-2 reached a total depth of 5,100 m making it the deepest onshore well drilled in Australia and one that has discovered the deepest ever hydrocarbons.

Strike has 50% interest and is operator. Warrego Energy holds the other 50% interest.