AWE Petroleum Pty Ltd commenced testing of the Waitsia 2 gas appraisal well on 7 November 2017.Â  Initially clean-up operations were completed, with subsequent gas flows of 38.7 MMcfg/d observed instantaneously.Â  On 10 November 2017 AWE reported that average gas flows of 38.5 MMcfg/d, with a peak flow of 38.7 MMcfg/d, had been observed through an 80/64â choke at a well head pressure of 1,315 psi.Â  The initial flow test was completed over a 2.1 hour period and the well has now been shut-in for pressure testing. Flow testing at Waitsia 2 is being undertaken over the Kingia Sandstone between 3,173 and 3,215 m.Â  It is designed to evaluate the gas deliverability from the southern section of the Waitsia field.Â  Gas samples will also be collected during testing for further analysis. Waitsia 2 is the second well to be tested in the programme, with Waitsia 3 tested first and delivering excellent results.Â  Testing of the Waitsia 4 appraisal well will follow, with the full testing programme expected to be complete by the end of November 2017. The Waitsia field was discovered in September 2014 by the Senecio 3 appraisal well, which was appraising an unconventional field. The Waitsia 1 to 4 appraisal wells were subsequently drilled.Â  The first phase of production from the field commenced in August 2016.Â  The testing phase ongoing forms part of the appraisal process in preparation for the second phase of production, which is planned to increase production ten-fold and commence in around 2020.
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