Innamincka commences fraccing Flax 5 in Australia

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Innamincka Petroleum has released an operational update for Flax 1.Production startup from Flax 1 remains on schedule for late July.Well completion and fracture stimulation activities have commencedwith the Ensign Rig 5 service rig mobilized onto the Flax 5 lease.While construction activity was severely impacted for several weeksby the heavy rains in mid June, solid progress has since been made.
As advised in mid June, Innamincka Petroleum anticipates oilproduction to commence from the Flax field in July, initially fromthe Flax 1 well followed by Flax 3, Flax 4 and Flax 2. The fieldcompressor is scheduled for mobilization to the field in August.The commencement of gas injection will depend on initial reservoirperformance. Starting in July, Flax 5, 6 and 7 and Flax East 1 willbe fracture stimulated. These wells will be progressively tied intothe field facilities as production wells. Innamincka Petroleumcontinues to target 1000 bopd production from the well pattern.
Civil works associated with the Flax processing facility arelargely complete. The oil storage tanks have been installed and theload-out facilities for road tanker loading are constructed. Theconcrete base for the compressor has been laid and the compressorwill be ready for transport to the field and installation inAugust.
The concrete base for the associated filter/coalescer will be laidin the coming week. Installation of the test / production headerand ancillary pipework around the processing facility is complete,as shown on the photos below, and is being readied for xrayscanning and hydrotesting.
Tie-in of Flax 2, 3 and 4 wells will commence before the end ofJuly with production from these wells expected progressivelythrough August. Orders of the flowline materials for the Flax 5-7and Flax East 1 wells have been placed.
The Ensign Rig 5 has mobilized and rigged up on the Flax 5 well asits first operation to be followed by completion operations on FlaxEast 1, Flax 6 and Flax 7 in due course.
The Halliburton crew is scheduled to be onsite by early next weekto commence the fracture stimulation programs. The well operationswill see the completion of the first production well pattern.
Innamincka Petroleum is making significant progress with itsinitial development to become an oil producer in the third quarterof 2008. Participants in the Flax Project are Innamincka (Operator)with 75% and SCGAU with 25%.
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