- Big Slope-7 appraisal well intersects gassy coal and is currently undergoing injectivity
testing
- Bluebill-1S exploration well intersects coal
- Pilot production project continues with planning for another well on foot
Elixir Energy Limited (“Elixir”) is pleased to provide an operations update on the
work currently underway in its 100% owned Nomgon IX Coal Bed Methane (CBM) Production Sharing
Contract (PSC) in the South Gobi Basin, Mongolia.
The Big Slope-7 appraisal well spudded just over a week ago and has already intersected gaseous
coal. The well is now undergoing Injectivity Fall Off Testing (IFOT) to measure permeability in this
upper coal section. Big Slope 7 is situated west of the Big Slope-4 well drilled in 2022 and has a
planned total depth (TD) of 800 metres. Big Slope-4 intersected > 50 metres of coal. The well is
being drilled by Mongolian drilling contractor Erdene Drilling LLC (ED) and is the first of a number of
wells ED is contracted to Elixir for drill in the region.
Exploration drilling progresses at Bluebill-1. The well has intersected gaseous coal, with drilling
ongoing.
Operations at the Nomgon extended pilot test continue, with water production ongoing at sustained
rates. Planning for a new well in the pilot is advancing, with contract negotiations with drilling
contractors and various regulatory processes well underway.
Last month Elixir engaged the services of the THREE60 Energy Group to assist with the production
management of the Pilot and to boost the Company’s drilling support. See more on THREE60 below.
Elixir’s Managing Director, Mr Neil Young, said: “It is a pleasure this year to be working with Erdene
Drilling again – they were pioneer drilling contractors with us from 2019 to 2021 – but took a break
from CBM work for a year after that. We look forward to the results of the appraisal drilling program
over the coming months. Drilling results from both wells underway are encouraging – if successful
could open up significant new areas to the East and West of Nomgon.”
