Galilee Energy Ltd., Brisbane, has successfully completed the second well in its 100%-owned Kumbarilla coal seam gas project in permit ATP 2043 in the Surat basin of southeast Queensland.
The well intersected 25 m of net coal with strong gas shows in the Walloon subgroup Juandah and Taroom coal measures.
The result indicates there is good net coal thickness in the Walloon subgroup across the Kumbarilla project area.
The rig has moved to the third location for the final well in the first phase of exploration.
The third well will evaluate the coal properties and fracture-enhanced permeability potential of the Walloon on the southern side of the Moonie-Goondawindi Fault System that bifurcates the permit.
The first two wells evaluated the northern and central areas respectively, however the southern side is untested and has been assessed as geologically independent to the two previous drilling locations in terms of potential fracture development.
Galilee said the Kumbarilla project has been independently certified to host a potential 2C contingent resource of 504 petajoules of gas.
