PERTH BASIN

 

Permit No.

Drilling Prospects

Permit Holders

Equity

Held

Programme Status

Potential Recoverable Reserves

EP 389

Gingin West

 

Gingin Gasfield

Eclipse West

Yeal

Gingin Brook

Empire Oil Company (WA) Limited

Wharf Resources Plc

ERM Gas Pty Ltd

 

62.5%

25%

12.5%

 

45 km2  Gingin West 3D Seismic Survey acquired April-May 2008.  Interpretation and Depth Conversion of seismic mapping completed 1st Qtr 2009.

Drilling planned 2009 – Gingin West-1

Optional 2nd well – Gingin West-2

 

Gas – 90 BCF

 

Gas – 120 BCF

Gas – 226 BCF

Oil – 25 MMBO

Gas – 633 BCF (Gas in Place)

EP 426/EP 368

North Erregulla Oil Prospect

Empire Oil Company (WA) Limited

Allied Oil & Gas Plc

ERM Gas Pty Ltd

44.44%

27.78%

27.78%

Proposed swap of permit equities with adjoining EP 368 to progress drilling North Erregulla-2. 

Fly Gravity Survey reprocess seismic.

Drill North Erregulla-2 2010.

Oil – 20 MMBO

EP 432

Mullering/Cataby Anticlinorium

Empire Oil Company (WA) Limited

Allied Oil & Gas Plc

ERM Gas Pty Ltd

62.5%

25%

12.5%

53 km2  Mullering 3D Seismic Survey acquired April 2008.  Interpretation completed 2nd Qtr May 2009.

Drill1 Well 2010

 

Oil – 5-10 MMBO

EP 416

Wellesley

Empire Oil Company (WA) Limited

Allied Oil & Gas Plc

ERM Gas Pty Ltd

75%

20%

5%

50km 2D Seismic Survey acquired March-April, 2008.  Seismic mapping and depth conversion confirms Wellesley Structure in 2D.  Well planning in progress.  Leschenault Prospect mapped and requires 2D seismic.  Drill Wellesley 2010.

Gas – 150 BCF

EP 430

 

Empire Oil Company (WA) Limited

 

87.5%

12.5%

 

Seismic reprocessing and interpretation continues.

 

EP 440

Yeal/Cataby Oil Trend

Empire Oil & Gas N.L.

ERM Gas Pty Ltd

87.5%

12.5%

Seismic reprocessing completed.  Interpretation in progress.

 

EP 454

Northern Dandaragan Trough

Empire Oil Company (WA) Limited

ERM Gas Pty Ltd

87.5%

12.5%

Seismic reprocessing completed.  Interpretation in progress.

 

Application L/08-6

Leads defined

Empire Oil Company (WA) Limited

ERM Gas Pty Ltd

40%

60%

Offered by the State.  Native title process prior to grant.  Settled

 

Application L/08-7

Leschenault North

Empire Oil Company (WA) Limited

ERM Gas Pty Ltd

40%

60%

Offered by the State.  Native title process prior to grant.

 


 

 

CARNARVON BASIN

 

Permit No.

Drilling Prospects

Permit Holders

Equity

Held

Programme Status

Potential Reserves

EP 435

Rainbow Prospect

 

 

 

 

Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd

Phoenix Resources Plc

Australian Oil Company Limited

Bounty Oil & Gas N.L.

Black Fire Energy Limited

38%

25%

17%

10%

10%

Application to drill Rainbow-1 made to be drilled if Bee-Eater-1 successful.

 

Oil – 5 MMBO

EP 412

Thornbill Prospect

Sandalwood Prospect

Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd

Bounty Oil & Gas N.L.

Jurassica Oil & Gas Plc

35%

59%

6%

Empire has right to go to 80% by drilling one well.

Paying $120,000 to earn 6%

Gas – 50 BCF

EP 359

Bee-Eater Prospect

 

Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd

Lansvale Oil & Gas Pty Ltd (Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd subsidiary)

Pace Petroleum Pty Ltd

33.36%

63.30%

3.34%

Bee-Eater-1 planned 2009 – February 2010.  Acquired additional 63.30%.

Oil – 5 MMBO

EP 444

Amethyst

Opal

Topaz South

Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd

 

100%

Geochem survey to be recorded.

Drilling 2010.

Oil - 17 MMBO

Oil - 12 MMBO

EP 439 and

EP 461

 

 

Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd

Longreach Oil Limited

Indigo Oil Pty Ltd

Falcore Pty Ltd

Vigilant Oil Pty Ltd

Jurassica Oil & Gas Plc

36.80%

11.33%

5.67%

3.15%

0.63%

42.42%

Lake MacLeod-1 drilled October-November 2008.

Geochem survey recorded in July 2009 in northern portion EP 439.

Negotiation farmout to drill 1 well.

 

EP 460

 

 

Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd

Longreach Oil Limited

Indigo Oil Pty Ltd

Falcore Pty Ltd

Vigilant Oil Pty Ltd

Jurassica Oil & Gas Plc

28.570%

11.690%

5.845%

3.245%

0.65%

50.00%

Star Finch-1 drilled June-July, 2008

Geochem survey planned over leads.

 

 

 

EP 406

Leads

Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd

Pancontinental Petroleum N.L.

95%

5%

Renewal of the Permit in progress.

Oil 2-5 MMBO targets

EP 325

Rivoli-2

Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd

Strike Oil Ltd

Bow Energy Ltd

Advent Energy Ltd

36.1%

44.5%

11.1%

8.3%

Development of the Rivoli Gasfield being progressed with the Department of Defence.

Gas – 19 BCF

EP 433

Rivoli South West

Champion West

Lansvale Oil & Gas Pty Ltd (Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd)

Pace Petroleum

88.80%

 

11.2%

Prospects require 3D Seismic to define together with other satellite prospects in EP 325 and EP 433.

Gas – 20 BCF

Gas – 21 BCF

Or 11 MMBO Oil

 

CARNARVON BASIN  continued

 

Drilling Prospects

Permit Holders

Equity

Held

Programme Status

Potential Reserves

 

EP 434

Kite Prospect

Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd

Lansvale Oil & Gas Pty Ltd (Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd)

Pace Petroleum Pty Ltd

33.36%

63.30%

 

3.34%

No activity

 

EP 10/06-7

 

Rough Range Oil Pty Ltd

100%

Native Title agreements settled.  Permit in the grant process.

Plan Drilling shallow horizontal well in 2010 in Mardie Oil Field Area.

 

 

 


 

 



 

CANNING BASIN

 

Permit No.

Drilling Prospects

Permit Holders

Equity

Held

Programme Status

Potential Reserves

EP 104/R1

Stokes Bay-1

Gulliver Productions Pty Ltd

Indigo Oil Pty Ltd

First Australian Resources Limited

Buru Energy Limited.

Pancontinental Oil & Gas N.L.

Emerald Gas Limited

Phoenix Resources Plc

14.8%

5.5%

8.0%

38.95%

10.0%

12.75%

10.0%

Stokes Bay-1 drilled 4th Qtr 2007 and encountered two sands with good shows in lower Anderson.  The well was deepened to 2777m and lost circulation in the Nullara limestones.  The well was completed in the Nullara limestones and was tested during November 2008.  The well did not flow significant hydrocarbons to surface and the results of the test considered failed and inconclusive.  Empire keen to progress test programme of the Nullara and the Anderson Formation.

Gas

Lower Anderson: 20 BCF

Nullara: 200 BCF

Oil

Lower Anderson: 2.5 MMBO

Nullara: 10 MMBO

L98-1

West Kora Workover

Gulliver Productions Pty Ltd

Indigo Oil Pty Ltd

First Australian Resources Limited

Buru Energy Limited

Pancontinental Oil & Gas N.L.

 

49%

8%

12%

19%

12%

 

Completed oil well.  Workover to be put on pump.  Upon Stokes Bay-1 testing being a success of recovering economic hydrocarbons.

Oil – 50-100 MBO

EP 438

Hedonia Prospect

Goldwyer Prospect

Gulliver Productions Pty Ltd

Indigo Oil Pty Limited

 

80%

20%

Aeromagnetic survey completed.  Seismic reprocessing in progress.  ARC Energy (now Buru Energy) has exercised its option to earn 75%.  Negotiating with Joint Venture to drill 1 well in 2010.

Oil – 5 MMBO

EP 448

 

No prospects yet defined

Gulliver Productions Pty Ltd

Indigo Oil Pty Limited

Uranium Oil & Gas Limited

70%

20%

10%

Aeromagnetic survey completed.  Seismic reprocessing in progress.  ARC Energy (now Buru Energy) has exercised its option to earn 75%. Ongoing programme yet to be settled.

 

 

Legend:                   BCF         Billion Cubic Feet

                                MMBO     Million Barrels of Oil               

MBO        Thousand Barrels of Oil

TCF         Trillion Cubic Feet