Exploration/discoveries

Warrego Energy Spuds Second Well in Perth Basin

Warrego Energy and partner Strike Energy spudded their second well, West Erregulla 3 (WE3) in the Perth Basin onshore West Australia.

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Warrego Energy, along with its 50/50 joint venture partner, Strike Energy, spudded its second well, West Erregulla 3 (WE3), on the EP469 concession in the Perth Basin onshore West Australia.

It is the second well to be drilled since the WE2 well was drilled last year. WE3 is the first of a three-well appraisal drilling campaign on the field located within the concession.

WE2 was spudded in June 2019 and drilled to a total depth of 5100 m, the deepest well drilled in onshore Australia; flow tests achieved a maximum flow rate of 69 MMscf/D. This well discovered material gas accumulations in three formations: the basal Wagina Sandstone, the Kingia Sandstone, and the High Cliff Sandstone. In November 2019, Warrego released an initial 2C Contingent Resources estimate of 1,185 Bcf for the Kingia and High Cliff sandstones. Based on this resource estimate, the joint-venture partners believe the field to be one of the biggest conventional gas fields discovered in onshore Australian history.