Santos Offshore Pty Ltd, the Operator of the Winchester-1 well located in the Dampier Sub-basin permit WA-323-P, off W. Australia has spudded the well at 23:00 hours yesterday, Sunday, 7 April 2013.
Winchester-1 is proposed as a deviated exploration well, being drilled by the Ensco-109 jack-up rig within the WA-323-P permit. The well is being drilled in approximately 75m of water and to a total depth (TD) of 4803m MDRT (measured depth below rotary table). It is scheduled to take approximately 80 days to reach TD.
The well will target the hydrocarbon potential of Triassic aged reservoirs mapped within a four-way dip closed anticline structural closure.