Warrego Energy founders Dennis Donald and Duncan MacNiven
Perth Basin could upend Australian gas dynamics
The frontier province has the potential resources to displace offshore discoveries in the domestic market and even for export
It has been a long road for Scottish entrepreneurs Dennis Donald and Duncan MacNiven since they sold the drilling engineering consultancy they had built and ploughed their life savings into developing the West Erregulla concession in Western Australia’s (WA’s) Perth Basin, which they were awarded some 12 years ago. Now the founders of Warrego Energy are both celebrating a string of successes and looking at the huge potential of the Perth Basin as a whole. In June 2019, Warrego and its 50pc joint venture (JV) partner, Australian explorer Strike Energy, spudded the WE-2 well, which flowed on test at 69mn ft³/d (1.95mn m³/d). And in September this year, the firm signed a long-term contract, com
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