Independent Resources starts making progress at Fiume Bruna in Italy
08 February 2010
Independent Resources has moved a step closer to getting drilling underway at it Fiume Bruna coalbed methane project in Italy.
After a series of hiccups that have delayed the project, work is now in progress at the drill site ahead of a contracted drilling rig re-entering and testing a 344m deep borehole previously named Pietra 1. The initial aim of the campaign is to demonstrate commercially-viable natural gas flow from the Fiume Bruna coal seam.
Having secured the necessary permits to carry out the drilling, Independent Resources want to take a closer look at Pietra 1, which was a pre-license stratigraphic well that identified a single seam of gas-active coal and shale approximately seven metres thick. The company want to evaluate the best means to undertake production testing so it can work out gas and any water flow rates from the gas saturated coal and shale in place. Once site preparation has been completed, drilling operations are expected to last for two weeks.
Independent Resources’ chairman, Grayson Nash, said: “Fiume Bruna has thrown up a few challenges, not least the discovery in August last year of a thick evaporitic sequence in the deeper part of the basin. This, combined with some bureaucratic procedures and a period of locally heavy rain, has slowed us down. But we now look forward to producing gas and proving this large resource. In addition, our discovery of gas shale in this basin, whose extent we hope to confirm soon, is something we look forward to testing over the next few months.”
|
Relevant Companies
For more company information click below:
Headlines
31 August 2010
30 August 2010
27 August 2010
20 August 2010
18 August 2010
13 August 2010
09 August 2010
06 August 2010
30 July 2010
29 July 2010
28 July 2010
27 July 2010
26 July 2010
23 July 2010
23 July 2010
22 July 2010
21 July 2010
19 July 2010
16 July 2010
12 July 2010
09 July 2010
08 July 2010
07 July 2010
06 July 2010
05 July 2010
02 July 2010
06 May 2010
13 April 2010
24 March 2010
23 March 2010
23 March 2010
23 March 2010
23 March 2010
23 March 2010
23 March 2010
23 March 2010
23 March 2010
22 March 2010
22 March 2010
22 March 2010
22 March 2010
22 March 2010
22 March 2010
22 March 2010
22 March 2010
22 March 2010
22 March 2010
22 March 2010
19 March 2010
19 March 2010
» See all News
Features
31 August 2010
28 July 2010
23 July 2010
13 April 2010
24 March 2010
22 March 2010
19 March 2010
19 March 2010
18 March 2010
16 March 2010
15 March 2010
12 March 2010
11 March 2010
08 March 2010
05 March 2010
05 March 2010
» See all Features
Round-Ups
27 August 2010
20 August 2010
13 August 2010
06 August 2010
30 July 2010
23 July 2010
16 July 2010
09 July 2010
02 July 2010
19 March 2010
19 March 2010
12 March 2010
12 March 2010
05 March 2010
05 March 2010
28 February 2010
Popular
31 August 2010
28 July 2010
30 August 2010
27 August 2010
04 December 2009
18 August 2010
30 July 2010
26 July 2010
29 July 2010
20 August 2010
01 February 2010
23 March 2010
08 July 2010
19 July 2010
27 July 2010
09 August 2010
|