Carnarvon Energy has provided an update on its near-term drilling program as advised by the operator, Santos.
The Noble Tom Prosser jack-up drilling rig has commenced operations in the Carnarvon Basin.
At the completion of these operations, anticipated to be mid-January 2022, the drilling rig will be mobilized to the Pavo-1 site.
On current planning, Pavo-1 is scheduled to commence in mid-late January, 2022. The Pavo-1 well will target the primary Caley to Crespin interval, similar to that intersected in the nearby Dorado field. It is then expected to drill deeper to acquire geological information on two deeper intervals to provide enhanced understanding of the broader basin potential.
At the completion of the Pavo-1 well, scheduled to take around two months, the rig will move around 20 kms to the south-west to drill the Apus-1 well.
The Apus-1 well will target the Caley and Milne intervals, also similar to those intersected in the nearby Dorado field and is anticipated to take just over a month to complete.
Located 42km east of Dorado in 88m of water, the Pavo-1 well is an attractive prospect, with Carnarvon calculating a mean recoverable volume of 82 million barrels of liquids and 108 billion cubic feet of gas.
The Apus-1 well is located in 84m of water and Carnarvon has estimated a mean recoverable volume of 235 million barrels of liquids and 408 billion cubic feet of gas.
Source: Carnarvon
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