Santos suspends Henry-2 DW1 gas well off Victoria

Santos is completing and suspending as a gas producer its Henry-2 DW1 sidetrack well on the Vic/P44 permit in the Otway basin off western Victoria.

Oct. 22, 2008

Rick Wilkinson
OGJ Correspondent

MELBOURNE, Oct. 22 -- Santos is completing and suspending as a gas producer its Henry-2 DW1 sidetrack well on the Vic/P44 permit in the Otway basin off western Victoria.

The well encountered good gas shows, and logs recorded excellent reservoir quality. The well will now be tested and suspended pending production.

Henry-2 was the final well semisubmersible Ocean Patriot drilled in Santos' development program to tie in Henry gas field to Casino.

The forthcoming development will include a 17 km subsea pipeline and control umbilical to be installed from existing Casino facilities to Henry and nearby Netherby discovery plus an additional 5 km of line extending to the East Pecten location.

First gas production from the project is expected by June 2009, with flow rates expected to be 120 terajoules/day for the combined Henry and Casino production.

Santos is operator with 50%. AWE and Mitsui E&P Australia hold 25% each.