Shell to drill 250 wells in Queensland in 2019 and 2020

Shell will drill 250 new gas wells in 2019 and 2020 as part of its QGC venture in the Australian state of Queensland, the company announced on Wednesday.

The drilling programme – known as ‘Project Goog-a-binge’ – will connect to existing QGC gas processing plants and bring approximately 25 billion cubic metres of gas to market over the next three decades.