Gas giant Santos has announced a ‘significant gas discovery’ at its Crown-1 exploration well in the Browse Basin off the coast of Western Australia.

 

Located 500 kilometres north off Broom, and at a depth of 440 metres, the company announced that wireline logging has confirmed 61 metres of net gas pay in the Jurassic-aged Montara, Plover and Malita reservoirs between 4,873 and 4,998 metres.

 

Santos’ Head of Exploration Bill Ovenden described Crown-1 as an important gas discovery for the company.

 

“The Crown discovery is well positioned, in close proximity to existing and proposed LNG projects in the Browse basin and other material exploration prospects,” Mr Ovenden said.