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Mereenie WM26 Drilling Update
Mereenie WM26 Drilling Update

Brisbane, June 25, 2018 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Central Petroleum Limited (googlechartASX:CTP) ("Company" or "Central") as operator of the Mereenie Joint Venture announcesWest Mereenie 26 has reached the targeted Lower Stairway 2 sandstone as confirmed by cutting samples and logging while drilling Gamma Ray log. The horizontal section of the well now extends 425m and is now in the interval expected to be the most highly fractured, the results of which should be known in the next day or two. While minor gas shows and connection gas have been observed, there is evidence of fracture plugging with minerals.

Horizontal drilling progresses as per plan. The well will be evaluated for completion design at the end of this segment of the well e.g. open hole, cased hole or stimulated.


About Central Petroleum Limited

Central Petroleum LimitedCentral Petroleum Limited (ASX:CTP) is a well-established, and emerging ASX-listed Australian oil and gas producer. In our short history, Central has grown to become the largest onshore gas producer in the Northern Territory (NT), supplying industrial customers and senior gas distributors in NT and the wider Australian east coast market.

Central is positioned to become a significant domestic energy supplier, with exploration and development plans across 180,000 km2 of tenements in Queensland and the Northern Territory, including some of Australia's largest known onshore conventional gas prospects. Central has also completed an MoU with Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) to progress the proposed Amadeus to Moomba Gas Pipeline to a Final Investment Decision.

We are also seeking to develop the Range gas project, a new gas field located among proven CSG fields in the Surat Basin, Queensland with 135 PJ (net to Central) of development-pending 2C contingent resource.

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