Falcon Completes Vertical Section of Oz Beetaloo Well

Falcon Oil & Gas November 20 announced that drilling of the vertical section of the Kyalla 117 N2-1 appraisal well in Australia’s Beetaloo sub-basin has been completed to a vertical total depth of 1,895 metres.

The company said that the preliminary drilling data confirms the continuation of the regionally pervasive Kyalla Fm between the Beetaloo W-1 and Amungee NW-1H wells. The data also confirms the elevated gas show with relatively high natural gas propane, butane and pentane components across the carbonaceous shales.

“Whilst it is still early days to fully understand reservoir characteristics and completion quality, drilling results to date are very encouraging. Electric logs calibrated by core analysis results together with the planned fracture stimulation of the horizontal section will give us a more quantitative view on this play,” said Falcon CEO Philip O’Quigley.

Other work carried out as part of this drilling operation included 45 metres of conventional coring in each of the upper and lower Kyalla reservoir sections and sidewall cores and extensive wireline logging, the company said.

Falcon said that the joint venture (Origin Energy 70% and Falcon 30%) is now preparing to drill the horizontal section within the Kyalla formation. The horizontal drilling will start following the final evaluation of the vertical well results.