Senex Energy (ASX: SXY) has started fracture stimulation work on its Sasanof-1 shale and tight gas well in the Cooper Basin that aimed at proving up the ability of shales and tight sands to produce gas.
The multi-zone stimulation will include the Roseneath and Murteree shales as well as the tight sands of the Patchawarra Formation.
This program was designed following analysis of data from Sasanof-1 and the neighbouring exploration well Allunga Trough-1, where a suite of "mini fracs" were conducted in early 2012.
Sasanof-1 is the first of three dedicated unconventional gas wells Senex will drill in its 100%-owned PEL 516 in the 2011/12 financial year. It is located 40 kilometres north west of the successful Vintage Crop-1 well, which delivered an oil discovery and showed very favourable conditions for unconventional gas.
Drilling of the second well – Talaq-1 – is currently underway while Skipton-1 will spud in June.
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