TMK Energy wraps up CBM drilling campaign in Mongolia
Australia’s TMK Energy has completed the exploration drilling programme at the Gurvantes XXXV coalbed methane (CBM) project in Mongolia, it said on October 11.
The fifth and final exploration well, Snow Leopard - 05R (SL-05R), intersected a total of 69 m of coal. TMK drilled five wells in the programme with a fifth added later. This well was respudded due to technical difficulties.
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Preliminary results from desorption samples indicate that all coal from a depth of greater than 200 m contains moderate to high gas contents, TMK said.
“Drilling and testing for the 2022 exploration programme is now completed and the drilling contractors have been demobilised from the site,” the company said. “The focus will now shift to the advancement of the pilot well programme and the detailed planning and logistics that are required to deliver the proof-of-concept stage of the project, which will be to produce first gas to surface.”
TMK holds a 100% interest in the Gurvantes project. Fellow Australian energy company Talon Energy is earning a 33% working interest in the project under an existing two-stage farm-out agreement.