Energy company Comet Ridge has provided a drilling operations update at the Albany 2 well in Australia’s Galilee Basin.
It is part of the Galilee Deeps joint venture (GDJV) 2019 drilling programme with Vintage Energy. The partners spudded the well on 30 July.
Albany 2 will be conventionally drilled to the top of the Lake Galilee Sandstone and then cored through the reservoir interval.
According to the update, Albany 2 well is drilling ahead at a depth of 1,795m in the 8.5in diameter hole section. The 12.25in diameter hole was drilled to 712m and 9.625in diameter surface casing set since it was spudded. It is now fully cemented back to surface prior to resuming drilling in the 8.5in hole to the current depth.
The proposed total depth (TD) of the well is 2,752m. According to the company, the well is scheduled to take 31 days, along with drilling, coring and logging operations.
The Albany 2 is located 7.5km south-east from the Albany 1 well, which was drilled last year.
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By GlobalDataLast May, Comet Ridge and its JV partner Vintage Energy spudded the Albany 1 sandstone appraisal well.
The two companies flowed gas from the Albany 1 appraisal well in Galilee Basin’s Authority to Prospect (ATP) 744 permit, in the following month. It produced a stabilised gas flow rate of 0.23 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscfd).
With encouraging results from Albany 1, GDJV will finish drilling the full reservoir section at Albany 1, following the completion of drilling at Albany 2 well.
Under the Vintage Energy farm-in programme, the firm will purchase its next 15% interest in GDJV.
Vintage Energy expects the stimulation of Albany 1 and 2 wells and production testing to take place in the fourth quarter of this year.
