Metgasco Ltd. is about to commence drilling the first of four coal seam gas multi-lateral pilot production wells in New South Wales, Australia.

The Harrier pilot wells will be located in the Eden Creek trend area near Corella P11 where Metgasco has had its lead pilot production well on continuous gas production for around three years.

The following wells are planned to be drilled:

  • Harrier P01
  • Harrier P02
  • Harrier P03
  • Corella P18

The Harrier pilot wells will target the Richmond seam within the Walloon coal measures at depths of between 300m to 400m. The multi-lateral wells have been designed with two horizontal sections each targeting 1,000m of in-seam exposure per lateral resulting in 2,000m of in-seam exposure in total. Both horizontal sections will be drilled from a single vertical off take well. The objective of these wells is to further confirm commercial flow rates from this area where Metgasco has established its initial 1P, proven reserve certification.

These are the first dual lateral wells that the company has drilled. The increased in-seam section is designed to provide greater exposure to the reservoir and thereby result in gas production rates above those currently being achieved from Corella P11, which has a single in-seam horizontal section of 680m.

Drilling is expected to commence next month.