Santos Ltd spudded the Mulberry 37 oil appraisal well in PL 39, located in the Cooper-Eromanga Basin, in mid-December 2017.Â  The well was drilled by the âEnsign 950â land rig.Â  In late December 2017 the operator suspended the well at a total depth of 1,352 m.Â  Joint venture partner Beach Energy reported that a total 3.7 m net oil pay was encountered.Â  The well is being considered as a water injector to assist future field production. The well was targeting the Birkhead Formation at the Mulberry field, which was discovered in December 2003 and has been producing since January 2004.Â  Mulberry 37 is the 24th appraisal well to be drilled and the first well at the field since 2012. Mulberry 37 is part of a wider, four-well oil appraisal programme being undertaken on Santosâ Mulberry, Takyah and Kooroopa fields. PL 39, which covers an area of 107 sq km, was awarded on 11 February 1988.Â  Participants in the permit are Santos QNT Pty Ltd (48% + Operator), Vamgas Pty Ltd, a Santos subsidiary, (12%) and Drillsearch Energy Pty Ltd, a Beach Energy subsidiary, (40%).
Mulberry 37 oil appraisal well, Santos QNT Pty Ltd (48% + Operator), Vamgas Pty Ltd, a Santos subsidiary, (12%) and Drillsearch Energy Pty Ltd, a Beach Energy subsidiary, (40%)., a total 3.7 m net oil pay was encountered. 