Skip to main content

Latest News and Analysis
Deals and Transactions
Track Drilling (Rigs by operator) | Completions (Frac Spreads)

Exploration & Production | Drilling / Well Results

Petrofrontier Completes OzDelta-1 Test

printPrint    |   
Petrofrontier Completes OzDelta-1 Test

PetroFrontier Corp. has announced that Statoil Australia Theta B.V., PetroFrontier's joint venture partner and the operator of the 2014 work program and budget has completed testing operations at the OzDelta-1 well.

The OzDelta-1 well was perforated at 737.5 and 736 meters using an abrasion jetting tool within the Lower Arthur Creek Hot Shale formation. A small water based hydraulic stimulation was successfully completed and a total of 122 m3 of water and 16.5 tonnes of sand were pumped into the well. Testing operations, utilizing a coiled tubing conveyed jet pump were then carried out. A total of 129 m3 of water was produced with no measurable volume of hydrocarbons. The water recovered was of low salinity, suggesting it to be primarily completion fluid pumped into the well. No oil or…

Finish this article — free account or subscription
  • ✓  Full news archive — U.S., Canada & international coverage
  • ✓  A&D transactions — asset deals, corporate M&A, assets for sale
  • ✓  Permits & completions data, plus 900,000+ slides & presentations
No credit card. Includes 15 days of full access to permits, deals, completions and presentations.
Already a subscriber? Log in


Austral-Asia News