** Shares of Australia's Red Sky Energy ROG.AX rise as
much as 30% to A$0.0065, their highest since Sept. 29
** The oil and gas explorer provides update on the
completion of drilling and receipt of results for the Yarrow 3
well at South Australia's Innamincka Dome licences
** Says Yarrow 3 well is to be 'fracced' immediately by
Santos STO.AX
** Says 'fraccing' to improve gas flow and assess well as a
future producer
** Adds operations to frac and flowback Yarrow 3 may begin
late Oct., subject to weather constraints
** Says Santos had previously advised their drilling
operations at which was an Yarrow 3 well in PRL17 in the Cooper
Basin, an operational success with no incidents
** Santos shares jump as much as 3.8% today
** Red Sky stock posts its biggest intraday pct gain since
Sept. 16
** More than 58.5 mln shares change hands for Red Sky stock,
compared with the 30-day average volume of 11.6 mln shares
** Red Sky stock has fallen 37.5% this year, as of last
close
(Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru)
((Rishav.Chatterjee@thomsonreuters.com;))