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Good find Yarrum although it must be out of date information on the website as it doesn't include the info from MEL drilling at Kingfisher which flowed at 3MMcfd.

Reservoir data for the Ripley Road is limited(well it would be if there have only been two wells drilled in the basin); however, porosities of 3% to 29% and permeabilities of 0.21 to 57md have been recorded, and log-derived porosities generally range from 15% to 25%. (Independent data not from MEL).

If that data is backed up by drilling results at Rosella we're definitely talking free flowing conventional gas and a small possibility of oil if the trace data can be relied on. Given the size of Mackellar this would be a MAJOR discovery for NSW.

Think of the opportunities - revitalisation of manufacturing, passive income for landowners, well paid jobs for the local families, royalties for regions funding flowing into the local councils and community organisations of the northern rivers region, lower energy prices for NSW energy consumers.

The protestor action is a noisy sideshow for this event. Its sad that so many well meaning people have been mislead by green activists to believe that drilling an exploration well is the end of civilisation in the Northern Rivers as we know it. A successful outcome on this well will be the beginning of a long wished for revitalisation of the region.

just saying...