The Senex Energy-operated Worrior-11 oil development well located in Cooper Basin, South Australia, has been successfully drilled.
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It has now been suspended and cased after it reached 1,669m in the Hutton Sandstone.
The developmental well is located in PPL 207 targeted oil formations in the lower Birkhead Formation and the Hutton Sandstone.
Senex Energy owns 70% interest in PPL 207 and is also the operator, while the remaining 30% stake is held by Cooper Energy.
To date, the upper and mid Birkhead Formation produced nearly half of the total production from the Worrier field.
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By GlobalDataThe operator drilled Worrior-11 towards east-southeast from a surface location 75m south-southeast of Worrior-2. To improve oil recovery from the field, it was drilled to a subsurface target location 150m north-northeast of Worrior-1.
It encountered a 5.2m net oil column at its primary target located in the lower Birkhead Formation / Hutton Sandstone interval.
It also interpreted 3.9m of net oil in the mid-Birkhead Formation and 2.2m of net oil in the secondary target McKinlay Member.
Cooper Energy managing director David Maxwell said: “This is a very pleasing result, which supports the remaining production and development potential in the Worrior oil field.”
Cooper Energy is an ASX listed exploration and production company that owns a portfolio of gas reserves and resources, and is actively involved in oil exploration and production within Cooper Basin.
Image: Location of Worrior-11 in PPL 207, Cooper Basin. Photo: courtesy of Cooper Energy.
