Galilee Energy mobilises workover rig at ATP 529P project in Queensland

Australia’s Galilee Energy has mobilised a workover rig and also commenced operations at the 100%-owned coal seam gas project ATP 529P in Queensland’s Galilee Basin in a bid to test commercial flows at the project.

Galilee stated that the R1 coal seam testing programme is currently underway.

The company will now focus on a workover of the five existing Glenaras pilot wells, as part of which it will set a bridge plug below the R1 seam to abandon the lower seams that were earlier tested in the pilot wells.

Later on, Galilee plans to perforate the coal seam and re-install pumps and would put the wells into production once all of them have been completed.

The completion is expected to target the production potential of the uppermost R1 coal seam and allow pressure draw down of the coal.

Galilee hopes to complete the workover programme in about six weeks and the initial phase of the production testing is set to take up to nine months.

Galilee Energy managing director Peter Lansom said: "The speed of the rig mobilisation has been first rate and in line with our strategy of maximising the value of our foundation asset ATP 529P.

"The rig was mobilised less than three weeks after completion of the ATP 529P acquisition and Galilee assuming operatorship of the project."

The company acquired the remaining 50% interest in ATP 529P from AGL Energy on 27 August.

According to Lansom, following the ATP 529P acquisition, the company will be able to speed up the testing process of the production potential of the R1 coal seam.

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Image: Galilee gas project in Queensland, Australia. Photo: courtesy of AGL Energy Limited