Australia's Comet Ridge Limited provided Wednesday an operational update on the progress of the Mahalo 7 horizontal surface to in-seam well project in permit ATP 337P in Queensland. The Mahalo 7 horizontal well is being produced in combination with the Mahalo 6 vertical intercept well, via the pump in Mahalo 6.

Throughout August and September, following the pump change in late July, a very low and constant pump speed was applied to the downhole progressive cavity water pump in the Mahalo 6 vertical well, such that pressure drawdown could be applied very conservatively.

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