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Beach Hits Record Flow Test at Nappamerri Trough

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Beach Hits Record Flow Test at Nappamerri Trough

Beach Energy Limited has reported an update in relation to its Cooper Basin Nappamerri Trough unconventional gas exploration program.

Moonta-1 vertical well

Moonta-1 has achieved the highest flow rate of the three PEL 218 Permian unconventional gas exploration wells flow tested to date. The intial two shale gas wells, Encounter-1 and Holdfast-1, both had peak gas flow rates of approximately 2.1 MMscfd and were stimulated in the REM section, with a single stage in the uppermost Patchawarra Formation.

The Moonta-1 exploration well was designed to prove up the basin centred gas (BCG) play and was stimulated in nine stages through the Patchawarra Formation, and a single stage in the Murteree Shale. With gas now flowing from Moonta-1, it is clear that the BCG play does exist and Beach will…

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