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Icon Energy Spuds Halifax 1 Well

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Icon Energy provided an update in relation to the drilling of the Halifax1 well in ATP 855P, located in the Cooper Basin, Queensland.

Halifax1, a vertical exploration well in ATP 855P (Beach 60%, Icon Energy 40%), was spudded in the morning of 4th August using the Ensign 916 rig. Halifax 1 will evaluate the shale gas and basin-centred gas potential in the REM and Patchawarra Formation intervals within the Queensland portion of the Nappamerri Trough. The well is located approximately 12 kilometres northeast of Encounter 1 and has a planned total depth of 4,130 metres. We expect to reach total depth in approximately 55 days.

The Halifax 1 vertical exploration well will be:

Located 12 kilometres to the northeast of Encounter 1; Extensively cored, with evaluation of the whole Permian section…
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