Hillview 06 is located in the Galilee Basin central Queensland about 200km northeast of Longreach.
The Hillview 06 well encountered thicker and gassier coals than previous tenement wells, with encouraging potential for a contingent resource booking on completion of core and wireline technical analysis.
Shale cuttings from the Toolebuc shale formation, which exuded oil, will require more detailed technical analysis.
Coring operations started on November 19 at 1019m.
A total of 386m of core was recovered from the Betts Creek beds and Aramac coal measures including 16.99m of net coal and 11.96m of net carbonaceous mudstone.
Gas desorption testing has begun on 24 core samples, with results due in the first quarter of 2013.
This article first appeared in ILN's sister publication EnergyNewsBulletin.net.
