Santos makes gas discovery in Cooper basin

Santos Ltd. has made a wet natural gas discovery in its South Australian Cooper basin permit PEL 513.

The company reported that its Yarowinnie South-1 wildcat encountered an estimated 15 m of net gas pay across a gross 410-m interval in the Permian-age Patchawarra formation.

The well is southwest of the earlier Varanus South-1 well that discovered wet gas in the same permit during November.

Yarowinnie South-1 has now been cased and suspended as a future producer.

Operator Santos holds 60% interest in the permit, while Drillsearch Energy Ltd. holds the remainder.