More natural gas development with fourth rig: Santos Ltd.âs (ASX:STO) stock rose 0.39% on August 13, 2018, before market close as the company announced about starting operations with the fourth rig, the Ensign 965, in the Cooper Basin, which will accelerate more Australian natural gas production to supply the east coast domestic market. The rig is expected to drill eight wells by the end of this year, starting in the Big Lake field with four deviated wells from a multi-well pad. The rig will then move to Moomba South, and will drill four appraisal wells there, sustaining Cooper Basin jobs.
[optin-monster-shortcode id="wxhmli4jjedneglg1trq"]Therefore, with fourth rig STO will now be able to drill almost 90 wells in the Cooper Basin this year, which is more wells drilled in a single year since 2014. Moreover, STO is on track to supply about 70 PJ of gas into the east coast domestic market in 2018, which is almost 13 per cent of expected demand. The company had reported 8% rise in Cooper Basin gas production in the second quarter compared to the previous quarter driven by the strong performance from recently connected wells. STO stock has risen 1.60% in three months as on August 10, 2018.
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