Empire Energy Group Ltd. has spudded its Carpentaria-1 well in permit EP187, Beetaloo subbasin, Northern Territory, Australia.
The news follows the Sept. 22 report that Origin Energy began fracturing its Kyalla-117 well near Daly Waters (OGJ Online, Sept. 22, 2020).
Empire holds 100% interest in EP187 and plans to drill the Carpentaria wildcat to a depth of about 2,900 m.
The company plans to evaluate the two unconventional shale targets—Velkerri and Kyalla—which which have been independently assessed to hold an estimated prospective resource of 2.4 tcf of gas equivalent in the permit.
Drilling and evaluation is expected to take 40 days.
The well design allows for suspension and future re-entry, fracture stimulation, and flow testing which the company expects to begin in second-quarter 2021.
