ACCUMULATION: Mereenie COMPILATION DATE: 2/06/86 OPERATOR: Oilmin NL TYPE: Oil; gas/condensate COMMERCIAL STATUS: Economic and developed LOCATION: Approximately 240 km west-southwest of Alice Springs, NT STATE: Northern Territory PETROLEUM TITLE(S): OP178, L4; OP175, L5 FIRST DISCOVERY WELL: Mereenie No.1 (Pemberton & others, 1964) - latitude: 2359'25" longitude: 13130'10" - discovery: gas/condensate - date total depth reached: February 1964 SECOND DISCOVERY WELL: East Mereenie No.2 (Benbow & others, 1964) - latitude: 2402'42" longitude: 13138'58" - discovery: oil - date total depth reached: October 1964 THIRD DISCOVERY WELL: Mereenie No.6 (Oilmin, 1982) - latitude: 2404'21" longitude: 13140'58" - discovery: oil - date total depth reached: May 1982 NUMBER OF WELLS DRILLED: 22 exploration 14 development STRUCTURE: Anticline: northwest-southeast-trending, symmetrical, breached, eastward-plunging - areal closure: 98.4 sq.km - vertical closure: 427 m SUBDIVISION OF PETROLEUM ACCUMULATION: 4 traps 10 petroleum-bearing units NUMBER AND TYPE OF PRODUCING ZONES: - Nil gas Nil gas/condensate - Nil gas/oil 2 oil DRIVE MECHANISM: Gas expansion with possibly minor water drive PRODUCTION COMMENCED: June 1984 PRODUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE: Oil is transported from the accumulation via a 269-km pipeline to Alice Springs then railed to
ACCUMULATION: Palm Valley COMPILATION DATE: 2/06/86 OPERATOR: Magellan Petroleum (NT) Pty Ltd TYPE: Gas/condensate COMMERCIAL STATUS: Economic and developed LOCATION: Approximately 125 km southwest of Alice Springs, NT STATE: Northern Territory PETROLEUM TITLE(S): OP175, L3 DISCOVERY WELL: Palm Valley No.1 (Magellan, 1965) - latitude: 2400'00" longitude: 13246'20" - discovery: gas/condensate - date total depth reached: May 1965 NUMBER OF WELLS DRILLED: 6 exploration 3 development STRUCTURE: Anticline: symmetrical, east-west-trending, gently plunging to both east and west - areal closure: 312 sq.km - vertical closure: 305 m SUBDIVISION OF PETROLEUM ACCUMULATION: 3 traps 7 petroleum-bearing units NUMBER AND TYPE OF PRODUCING ZONES: - Nil gas 1 gas/condensate - Nil gas/oil Nil oil DRIVE MECHANISM: Gas expansion; ? water drive PRODUCTION COMMENCED: August 1984 PRODUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE: Produced gas/condensate is being piped 146 km to Alice Springs via a 20-cm-diameter
ACCUMULATION: West Walker COMPILATION DATE: 7/12/84 OPERATOR: Pancontinental Petroleum Ltd TYPE: Gas show COMMERCIAL STATUS: Uneconomic and undeveloped LOCATION: Approximately 222 km west of Alice Springs, NT STATE: Northern Territory PETROLEUM TITLE(S): OP175 DISCOVERY WELL: West Walker No.1 (Gorter & others, 1982c) - latitude: 2410'21" longitude: 13154'24" - discovery: gas - date total depth reached: June 1982 NUMBER OF WELLS DRILLED: 1 exploration Nil development STRUCTURE: ?Anticline: poorly defined closure on top of Pacoota Sandstone along the plunging nose of the Walker Creek Anticline - areal closure: 38.1 sq.km - vertical closure: 60.0 m SUBDIVISION OF PETROLEUM ACCUMULATION: 1 traps 1 petroleum-bearing units NUMBER AND TYPE OF PRODUCING ZONES: - Nil gas Nil gas/condensate - Nil gas/oil Nil oil DRIVE MECHANISM: ? PRODUCTION COMMENCED: Nil PRODUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE:
ACCUMULATION: Lake Amadeus COMPILATION DATE: 3/06/86 OPERATOR: Bureau of Mineral Resources TYPE: Oil show COMMERCIAL STATUS: Uneconomic and undeveloped LOCATION: Approximately 220 km west of Alice Springs, NT STATE: Northern Territory PETROLEUM TITLE(S): OP178 DISCOVERY WELL: API (Barrie, 1964); renamed to Lake Amadeus No.1 - latitude: 2417'00" longitude: 13141'00" - discovery: oil - date total depth reached: August 1963 NUMBER OF WELLS DRILLED: 1 exploration Nil development STRUCTURE: Anticline: eastern end of Johnny Creek Anticlinorium - areal closure: Not determined - vertical closure: Not determined SUBDIVISION OF PETROLEUM ACCUMULATION: 1 traps 1 petroleum-bearing units NUMBER AND TYPE OF PRODUCING ZONES: - Nil gas Nil gas/condensate - Nil gas/oil Nil oil DRIVE MECHANISM: ? PRODUCTION COMMENCED: Nil PRODUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE: Nil
ACCUMULATION: Gosses Bluff COMPILATION DATE: 3/06/86 OPERATOR: Exoil (NT) Pty Ltd TYPE: Gas show COMMERCIAL STATUS: Uneconomic and undeveloped LOCATION: Approximately 60 km northwest of Palm Valley, NT STATE: Northern Territory PETROLEUM TITLE(S): OP43 DISCOVERY WELL: Gosses Bluff No.1 (Pemberton & Planalp, 1965) - latitude: 2349'00" longitude: 13218'00" - discovery: gas - date total depth reached: March 1965 NUMBER OF WELLS DRILLED: 1 exploration Nil development STRUCTURE: Anticline: symmetrical, gently dipping, underlying a meteorite depression - areal closure: Not determined - vertical closure: Not determined SUBDIVISION OF PETROLEUM ACCUMULATION: 1 traps 1 petroleum-bearing units NUMBER AND TYPE OF PRODUCING ZONES: - Nil gas Nil gas/condensate - Nil gas/oil Nil oil DRIVE MECHANISM: ? PRODUCTION COMMENCED: Nil PRODUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE: Nil
ACCUMULATION: Mount Winter COMPILATION DATE: 3/06/86 OPERATOR: Pancontinental Petroleum Ltd TYPE: Oil show COMMERCIAL STATUS: Uneconomic and undeveloped LOCATION: Approximately 65 km west of Mereenie accumulation, NT STATE: Northern Territory PETROLEUM TITLE(S): OP178 DISCOVERY WELL: Mount Winter No.1 (Gorter & others, 1982b) - latitude: 2351'57" longitude: 13047'41" - discovery: oil - date total depth reached: February 1982 NUMBER OF WELLS DRILLED: 1 exploration Nil development STRUCTURE: Anticline: trending east-west and bounded by parallel faults - areal closure: 1.6 sq.km - vertical closure: Not determined SUBDIVISION OF PETROLEUM ACCUMULATION: 2 traps 2 petroleum-bearing units NUMBER AND TYPE OF PRODUCING ZONES: - Nil gas Nil gas/condensate - Nil gas/oil Nil oil DRIVE MECHANISM: ? PRODUCTION COMMENCED: Nil PRODUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE: Nil
ACCUMULATION: Undandita COMPILATION DATE: 3/06/86 OPERATOR: Pancontinental Petroleum Ltd TYPE: Oil show COMMERCIAL STATUS: Uneconomic and undeveloped LOCATION: Approximately 235 km west of Alice Springs, NT STATE: Northern Territory PETROLEUM TITLE(S): OP178 DISCOVERY WELL: Undandita No.1A (Gorter & others, 1983) - latitude: 2342'00" longitude: 13155'00" - discovery: oil - date total depth reached: January 1983 NUMBER OF WELLS DRILLED: 1 exploration Nil development STRUCTURE: Anticline: thrust-faulted growth structure - areal closure: Not determined - vertical closure: Not determined SUBDIVISION OF PETROLEUM ACCUMULATION: 1 traps 1 petroleum-bearing units NUMBER AND TYPE OF PRODUCING ZONES: - Nil gas Nil gas/condensate - Nil gas/oil Nil oil DRIVE MECHANISM: ? PRODUCTION COMMENCED: Nil PRODUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE: Nil
ACCUMULATION: Tent Hill COMPILATION DATE: 4/06/86 OPERATOR: Pancontinental Petroleum Ltd TYPE: Gas show COMMERCIAL STATUS: Uneconomic and undeveloped LOCATION: Approximately 195 km west of Alice Springs, and 15 km southeast of West Walker gas accumulation, NT STATE: Northern Territory PETROLEUM TITLE(S): OP175 DISCOVERY WELL: Tent Hill No.1 (Marsden & Schroder, 1984) - latitude: 2413'45" longitude: 13202'30" - discovery: gas - date total depth reached: August 1983 NUMBER OF WELLS DRILLED: 1 exploration Nil development STRUCTURE: Anticline: east-west-trending, fault-bounded - areal closure: 16.6 sq.km - vertical closure: 100.0 m SUBDIVISION OF PETROLEUM ACCUMULATION: 1 traps 1 petroleum-bearing units NUMBER AND TYPE OF PRODUCING ZONES: - Nil gas Nil gas/condensate - Nil gas/oil Nil oil DRIVE MECHANISM: ? PRODUCTION COMMENCED: Nil PRODUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE: Nil
So there you have the distance from J1 roughly 160 klms+
J1 being 400 klms from Alice
But the other wells Surprise/ Stuart/ within 30-40 square klm of J1.
Which is good to drill in close proximity to each other
Adelaide refinery
CTP Price at posting:
28.0¢ Sentiment: Hold Disclosure: Held