Elixir Energy Ltd., Adelaide, has logged 91 m of net coal in its second Nomgon coal seam gas well in southern Mongolia, adding to the confirmed areal extent of its earlier discovery.
The Nomgon-2 reached 550 m TD and subsequent logging confirmed the find, with the main ‘100 series’ seam measured as having a net thickness of 51 m.
The well lies on the southern limb of the Nomgon syncline.
In an on-sit laboratory, Elixir is analyzing the numerous cores taken for gas content. Preliminary results are consistent with Nomgon-1 reported in February as Mongolia’s first coal seam gas discovery.
Other tests under way at Nomgon-2 include permeability using an injectivity fall off test process. Six successful tests have been run so far.
Elixir plans to continue the appraisal program in the Nomgon subbasin with the drilling of further step out wells, the first of which will evaluate the northern limb of the syncline.
A 2D seismic program is being run over surrounding subbasins as a precursor to exploration further afield.