Beach Flows Gas from West Oz Well
Australian explorer Beach Energy has completed flow testing at the Beharra Springs Deep-1 gas discovery in licence L11 in Western Australia’s Perth Basin, it said December 16.
Flow testing was performed over a 37-metre perforated interval in the Kingia Sandstone, from 3,940 to 3,977 metres measured depth, Beach said. “A tubing constrained rate of 46mn ft3/day was sustained over a 225-minute interval through a 76/64” choke at 1,855 psig well flowing tubing head pressure,” the company said. The main flow period was conducted at a rate of 35mn ft3/day.
Beach said that the well is currently shut-in, with downhole gauges recording the sub-surface pressure to obtain further data. Testing equipment is currently being demobilised from the site and the downhole gauges will be recovered in the coming weeks. The well will remain shut-in until it is tied into the adjacent Beharra Springs gas facility, which is expected to occur by the end of calendar 2020, the company said.
Beach holds a 50% interest in licence L11, L22 and EP320 and is operator while Mitsui E&P Australia also holds 50% interest.