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Australia & New Zealand Drilling and Completion News

Eni spuds Woollybutt-6H

Tap Oil Ltd. has provided an update on the Woollybutt field that gives the status of the Woollybutt-6H appraisal well in permit WA-25-L in the Barrow sub-basin.

Nexus continues Echuca Shoals appraisal

Nexus Energy looks set to drill a second appraisal well in the Echuca Shoals structure in the WA-377-P exploration permit off Western Australia.

Woollybutt-4H to add production

The Woollybutt-4H development well has kicked off the Woollybutt South development.

Woollybutt to get tie-ins

Participants in the WA-25- L Joint Venture say the tie in of Woollybutt-4H and Woollybutt-6 is scheduled for early 2008.

Apache spuds Maitland-2

Apache Oil Australia Pty. Ltd. and its partners have begun drilling the Maitland-2 well in permit WA-33-R in the Carnarvon basin, offshore Western Australia.

Drilling resumes on Woollybutt-4H

Drilling has begun on the Woollybutt-4H development well, kicking off the Woollybutt South development.

Fletcher finds oil in Carnarvon basin

Drilling has concluded on the Fletcher-1 and Fletcher-2 wells in exploration permit WA-191-P in the Carnarvon basin offshore Western Australia.

Bambra to go onstream

Apache Northwest Pty. Ltd. expects to produce gas from the Bambra East-3 long-reach development well in production license TL/1offshore Western Australia early next month, the company says.

BHP Billiton confirms gas in Thebe-1

BHP Billiton says its Thebe-1 exploration well in block WA-346-P offshore Western Australia has confirmed a gas column of approximately 73 m (240 ft) encountered in the Exmouth Plateau of the Carnarvon basin.

Kupe anticipates 2009 production

Origin Energy Ltd. says the Kupe Gas project in New Zealand's Taranaki basin is on scheduled for first commercial gas in the first half of 2009.

Tap Oil expects Bambra production soon

Tap Oil Ltd. expects its Bambra-8H L1/8H wells in production license TL/1 off Western Australia to begin gas production by end of July or early August.

Roc hits oil and gas with Dunsborough-1

Roc Oil (WA) Pty. Ltd. says its Dunsborough-1 exploration well, WA-286-P, in the offshore Perth Basin, has been classified as a new field oil and gas discovery.

Tap to buy Woodside's 8.2% stake in WA-191-P

Australia's Tap Oil Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Woodside Energy Ltd. to acquire 8.2% interest in the WA-191-P concession in the Carnarvon basin.

Work on Wonnich Deep-1 resumes

Drilling has resumed on the Wonnich Deep-1 well following evacuation for tropical cyclones George and Jacob.

Roc begins three-well program in Perth basin

Roc Oil Co. Ltd. subsidiary Roc Oil (WA) Pty. Ltd. plans to begin a three-well exploration drilling program in the offshore Perth basin, Western Australia, in early April 2007.

Mitsui to spend $150 million on Enfield wells

Mitsui & Co. Ltd. subsidiary Mitsui E&P Australia Pty. Ltd. has approved its joint venture budget for the Enfield field offshore Australia, operated by Woodside Energy Ltd.

Apache completes three wells offshore Western Australia

Apache has completed three new wells in the Carnarvon basin offshore Western Australia through the Harriet Joint Venture. The new Doric #2 well is producing 65 MMcf/d of gas, and the Lee #3 well is producing 50 MMcf/d, both through Apache's Varanus Island hub.

Caldita-2 P&A'd

Santos Ltd. says the Caldita-2 exploration well in the Timor/Bonaparte basin has been plugged and abandoned. The well confirmed gas in the Caldita structure in offshore exploration permit NT/P61.

Lee-3 development well starts off Australia

The Lee-3 development well in production license TL/1 offshore Australia has begun drilling from the Linda platform.

Tap updates development on Doric-2

Tap Oil Ltd. says the Doric-2 development well, which spudded on Dec. 17, 2006, off Barrow Island is on track for completion.

Tap updates Bambra East-1,2 campaign

Tap Oil Ltd. reports that the Bambra East drilling campaign began Dec. 20, 2006.

AWE kicks off development drilling on Tui

AWE Ltd. has begun its development drilling program for the Tui Area with the first well in the program, Pateke-3H.

ConocoPhillips meets with success with Barossa-1

ConocoPhillips has hit gas with the Barossa-1 exploration well in the NT/P69 license offshore Northern Territory, Australia, 295 km (183 mi) northwest of Darwin.

Santos releases Timor/Bonaparte basin well results

The Santos test well Barossa-1 well has confirmed the presence of gas and provided valuable reservoir and composition data for the Timor/ Bonaparte basin offshore Northern Territory, the company says.

Nexus, Shell in talks on Echuca Shoals appraisal

An agreement in principal was signed between Nexus Energy Ltd. and Shell Develoment (Australia) Pty. Ltd. to jointly appraise the Echuca Shoals gas discovery off Western Australia.
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