Titan Energy to drill Warradarge-1 exploration well in Australia

Australia-based oil and gas company Titan Energy has announced that it has received final approval to drill the Warradarge-1 exploration well, located in the North Perth Basin licence DR11, in Western Australia.

The Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum has approved the environmental plan, submitted by the company, for drilling the Warradarge-1 well.

The company plans to begin site work in order to be ready for the arrival of the Dominion Drilling UDR 1500 HD rig, which is currently deployed in Dongara, Western Australia.

Titan Energy plans to spud Warradarge-1 well on or around 20 March 2013, while it plans to drill the well to a total depth (TD) of about 1,500m or 4,500ft.

The well is expected to take about 12 days to reach the TD.

The company will collect formation cutting samples and plans to use modern downhole data acquisition tools during the drilling programme to analyse the conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon potential within the section of DR11.

The well will target the Cadda Formation and Cattamarra Coal measures of the Jurrasic sediments within DR11.

Titan Energy chairman Darren Levy said that receiving the environmental approval to drill Warradarge-1 well is a major achievement for the company.

"We believe we are the first onshore oil and gas explorer in Western Australia to have an environment plan approved under the strict new regulations introduced last year," Levy added.

The well site for Warradarge-1 has been selected based on 2D seismic survey that was acquired in late 2011.

DR11 is situated about 280km north of Perth, 10km to the west of the Woodada gas field and 20km north-west of the Arrowsmith gas discovery.

In addition, the company is planning to take approval for drilling of Warradarge-2 exploration well, where it intends to drill 4,100m to the north east of Warradarge-1.

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Image: The Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum has approved the environmental plan to drill the Warradarge-1 exploration well in Western Australia. Photo: Courtesy of Ruhrfisch.