Active search under way in Australia's Amadeus Basin
The Amadeus Basin, in the southwesternpart of the Northern Territory, central Australia, is the scene of active wildcatting as a result of the discovery of wet gas on the large Mereenie structure. While Mereenie itself will be further explored, drilling of wildcats has been started also on several other structures within a distance of 125 miles to the E. of Mereenie. East Mereenie No. 1, of Exoil N.L., Magellan Petroleum Corp., and associates, has become Australia's largest gas producer. In August 1964 it yielded wet gas at rates above 30 million cu ft per day, from 300 net ft of Pacoota (lower Ordovician) sandstones between 3,580 and 4,650 ft. The Mereenie structure is over 28 miles long and 5 miles wide. On the basis of information revealed by the first 4, widely separated wells, this appears to be a major gas reserve, by world standards. Immediately S. of the Mereenie structure is Johnny's Creek anitcline. Its first wildcat is being drilled by the Exoil group under an agreement with Magellan Petroleum Corp. While this is an Ordovician prospect only 10 miles S. of Mereenie, it is updip from Mereenie and therefore could contain oil rather than gas.
- OSTI ID:
- 6706996
- Journal Information:
- World Oil; (United States), Journal Name: World Oil; (United States) Vol. 160:4; ISSN WOOIA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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