Senex Energy Ltd., Brisbane, has reached nameplate capacity production of 32 terajoules/day of gas (12 petajoules/year) at its Atlas coal seam gas project in the Surat basin of southeast Queensland.
A further non-firm capacity of 8 terajoules/day is also available from the Atlas facility, the company said.
The project came on stream in late 2019 (OGJ Online, Oct. 8, 2019). It currently comprises production from 60 wells, gathering pipelines, and production facilities and a 60 km gas pipeline to connect to the Wallumbilla gas hub.
The permit area covers 58 sq km and lies 20 km southwest of Wandoan. There are plans to increase the number of wells to 100 during the course of its life.
Last year, Senex was awarded additional acreage adjacent to the Atlas permit that it says will enable it to increase production up to 56 terajoules/day (20 petajoules/year).
All the gas is earmarked for domestic consumption.
The initial Project Atlas acreage has a 2P reserve estimate of 144 petajoules of gas.
Senex owns 100% of the upstream side of the project, while infrastructure company Jemena owns and operates the pipelines and the gas production facility.