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TAG Initiates New Phase of Sidewinder Drilling

TAG Oil Ltd. has continued its exploration success in the 100% owned Sidewinder oil and gas field (Petroleum Mining Permit 53803) with the drilling and completion of the Sidewinder-A5 and Sidewinder-A6 step-out wells.
Consistent with the original four Sidewinder discovery wells drilled in the field to date, both wells encountered similar quality reservoir sands within the Mt. Messenger Formation at ~2000 meter depth.
New phase of oil and gas exploration drilling initiated at SidewinderThis new phase of oil and gas exploration drilling has been initiated 22-months after the initial Sidewinder discovery, infrastructure build and successful 4-well drilling program. TAG is now drilling the Sidewinder-A7 step-out with Sidewinder-A8 to follow. Based on drilling results to date, including…
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