Senex Energy has completed its first pilot development in Queensland’s Western Surat Gas Project, marking the beginning of the project.
The Western Surat Gas Project involves the extraction of gas from coal seams across approximately 915km2 of acreage.
Senex Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Ian Davies, said, “We have kicked off the Western Surat Gas Project with a successful work program to bring the Glenora pilot online, achieving this milestone on budget, ahead of schedule, and using local contractors.
“Thorough appraisal of our resource will ensure that we right size our full field development to achieve maximum project returns. This is an exciting step in our journey to develop the Western Surat Gas Project.”
Appraisal testing from the Glenora pilot will begin immediately, enhancing Senex’s understanding of reservoir performance and de-risking full field development.
Senex expects production from the Glenora pilot to conform to the typical profile of coal seam gas wells, with a period of dewatering to precede a steady increase in gas production rates.
Senex continues to work with Santos GLNG to progress a raw gas sales agreement for delivery of Glenora pilot gas into existing Roma field infrastructure.
To the west of Glenora, Senex is carrying out work to rehabilitate legacy QGC wells on the Eos (ex-Lacerta) block.
During routine rehabilitation procedures on the Lacerta CQ47 well near the southern permit boundary, gas free-flowed to surface at a rate of over two million standard cubic feet per day over a period of approximately three hours.