With production casing now installed and cemented in place the...

With production casing now installed and cemented in place the rig will under-ream the target production zone before relocating to the first of two lateral well locations. The two horizontal lateral wells will then be drilled to intersect OM#5 using proven directional drilling methods. Each of the lateral wells will pass through approximately 700m of coal with the gas they produce to be extracted from OM#5.

The pilot project follows on from the company?s 3P reserves upgrade to 274 PJ and forms a key part of the Company?s 2P gas reserves campaign which is aimed at independently certifying New Zealand?s first tranche of 2P CSG reserves.