A Senex Energy gas well is ready for first gas sales.
The Hornet-1 gas well has been completed for production and is in pre-commissioning, ahead of first gas sales for the Australia-headquartered firm.
It was drilled by Victoria Petroleum in 2004, with gas shows in the Epsilon and Patchawarra formations. In 2013, Senex completed multi-zone fracture stimulation and subsequent production logging which confirmed the existence of a conventional tight gas reservoir.
The pipeline connecting the Hornet field to the Santos-operated South Australian Cooper Basin joint venture network on the Allambi field is ready for commissioning.
Senex managing director Ian Davies said: “Achieving our first gas sales is an important step in our evolution into a major Australian gas producer and the forerunner to a large and sustainable gas business both in the Cooper and the Surat basins.”
The news comes after the firm’s recent success in its Martlet well.
