Project Profile
Location: Northern Carnarvon Basin, Northwest shelf of Australia, 300 km off Western Australia
Area: 13,000 square kilometres
Depth: 1,500-2,000 metres
Statoil was awarded a large exploration permit located in the prolific Northern Carnarvon Basin on the Northwest shelf of Australia. The permit WA-506-P covers an area of more than 13,000 square kilometres, situated 300 kilometres off Western Australia in water depths of 1,500-2,000 metres. It has been awarded to Statoil by the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA) through the 2013 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release.
This is Statoil’s third asset in Australia, adding to the onshore operatorship in the Northern Territory’s South Georgina basin and four BP-operated offshore permits in the Great Australian Bight.
Statoil has committed to collect 2,000 line kilometres of 2D seismic and 3,500 square kilometres of 3D seismic data within 3 years. Other parts of the Northern Carnarvon Basin have already proved large volumes of gas. It has multiple fields in production and established infrastructure.
Operators:
Statoil: Operator with 100% interest
Contractors: -
Subcontractors: -