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L&M Petroleum to drill up to 8 coal seam gas wells in Southland
12 August 2008, Sources: L&M Petroleum and Lindsay Clark - L&M Petroleum Ltd is about to begin a new programme of exploration for coal seam gas in its Western Southland onshore permits with plans to drill up to eight wells.
The first phase of its coal seam gas programme is in its Waiau permit PEP 38226 where up to four CSG test wells are planned after the acquisition of 15 km of 2D seismic data.
This is to be followed by the acquisition of a further 30 km of seismic in the company’s permits to the north and the drilling of up to four additional CSG test wells which will be contingent on the outcome of the seismic interpretation.
The first well planned is the Meadow Creek-1 well in the Waiau permit and this is to be followed by the Wairaki-1 well in the adjacent Blackmount permit.
Site construction for the first two wells will commence once the access permits have been approved and the rig contract has been finalised.
The seismic programme will be run in parallel to the drilling operations so that the locations of subsequent CSG wells to be drilled can be confirmed.
L&M Petroleum geoscientists have been integrating the existing seismic data and conducting a detailed technical analysis of the area.
Initial geological analysis of the onshore Western Southland Basin permit areas indicates up to 300 PJ of mean potential coal seam gas resources.
