OPPORTUNITIES IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA APPEX London 2011 Bill Tinapple Executive Director Petroleum Division Department of Mines and Petroleum
Projects Project Name Operator Water Depth Browse LNG Woodside Gas LNG Water Depth Browse LNG Woodside Gas LNG Downstream / Upstream 50 - 600 metres Greater Gorgon (including Jansz-Io) Chevron/Exxon Mobil 300 - 1350 metres Macedon BHP Billiton Domgas 50 – 200 metres Pluto project 500 - 1100 metres Reindeer / Caribou (Devil Creek) Apache Energy 60 - 65 metres Wheatstone / Iago / Julimar and Brunello Chevron/Apache Upstream 50 – 200 metres NWS Western Flank 150-200 metres
Projects (cont) Project Name Operator Water Depth Ichthys Inpex Water Depth Ichthys Inpex Gas & Condensate LNG Upstream 250 - 300 metres Spar Santos Gas Domgas 50 – 200 metres Halyard Apache Domgas Pilbara LNG (Scarborough) BHP Billiton/Exxon 900 - 950 metres Prelude Shell FLNG 250 – 300 metres Bonaparte Santos/Gulf Suez 150-200 metres
Opportunities in Shale Gas and Tight Gas Driven by: Shortfall in domestic gas and supply easy offshore gas has been developed need to diversify gas supplies prospectivity
There are a range of opportunities to bid by work program for acreage both onshore and offshore Western Australia, in Commonwealth (Federal) and State jurisdictions. There are also opportunities to take up acreage for geothermal energy exploration.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Petroleum Round 2 of 2010 Gazetted 7 September 2010 bids close 10 March 2011 7 release areas 5 Canning Basin L10-6 2 712 sq km L10-7 3 408 sq km L10-8 3 966 sq km L10-9 6 056 sq km L10-10 4 747 sq km 1 Carnarvon Basin L10-11 2 813 sq km 1 Perth Basin L10-12 1 331 sq km There are 7 release areas in round 2 of 2010. Targets range in age: Palaeozoic and Mesozoic. Release area size ranges from 1331 sq km in the northern Perth Basin to over 6 000 sq km in the Canning Basin. Work program bids close 10 March 2011. Acreage release CDs are available from our booth at NAPE.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Petroleum Round 1 of 2011 Gazetted 12 April 2011 bids close 6 October 2011 9 release areas 4 Canning Basin L10-1 4 091 sq km L11-1 7 787 sq km L11-2 2 033 sq km L11-3 5 809 sq km 2 NW Shelf T11-1 136 sq km T11-2/L11-4 1 128 sq km 2 Blake Sub-basin L10-4 30 795 sq km L10-5 30 097 sq km 1 Perth Basin coastal waters T10-1 1 331 sq km There are 9 release areas in round 1 of 2011. Targets range in age: Neoproterozoic, Palaeozoic and Mesozoic. Release area size ranges from 136 sq km adjacent to Barrow Island to over 30 000 sq km in the Officer Basin. Work program bids close 6 October 2011. Acreage release CDs area will be available from our booth at the APPEA Conference, Perth in April.
Visit the W. Australia Booth #29 or WESTERN AUSTRALIA Further Information Visit the W. Australia Booth #29 or www.dmp.wa.gov.au/acreage_release Further information may be obtained from Western Australia’s booth in the NAPE Exhibition area or you may like to visit the Department’s website.