RE: Dukas 1 update7 Nov 2019 08:19
No return until 2021 and $10m to complete the well? Mosman need x5 their current value just to drill ..
Next steps
? Complete technical analysis
? Further drilling requires a larger capacity rig and blow-out preventor (15,000psi), new well design, and full suite of approvals
? Central’s indicative cost estimate to complete the well is in the order of $10 million (gross JV)
? Current Santos farm-in status of up to 70% is under consideration
? A potential return to Dukas is not anticipated before 2021
? A definitive forward plan will be announced once finalised by the JV
Play Element Indications
Presence of Source hydrocarbons ?
in mud gas
Overpressure and thick
Seal evaporite ? section
confirmed
Large gravity
Trap high confirmed ?
by 2D seismic
Primary target not yet
Reservoir intersected. ? Reservoir is a
key unknown