Perenco completes acquisition of 3 Exploration Permits in Australia
Posted on July 14, 2008 – 3:05 pm | by oilandgaspress.com
Perenco is very pleased to announce the acquisition of 3 Exploration Permits in the Australia through the purchase of Chevron Australia (SE Australia) Holdings Pty. Ltd., to be renamed Perenco (SE Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Perenco now holds a 37.5% interest in Exploration Permits T/32P and T/35P, operated by Santos and with Mitsui as a partner, and a 50% interest in Exploration Permit T/36P which is also operated by Santos. These permits are located in the offshore Sorell basin in South East Australia, which is an extension of the producing Otway basin, and they have a combined area of over 13,000 square kilometres with water depths ranging from 50m to 3000m. They offer a range of play types, prospects and leads, some of which are analogous to the Thylacine and Geographe fields in the Otway basin.
The joint venture recently acquired 410 square kilometres of 3D seismic over block T/35P and 252 square kilometres of 3D data over T/36P; these data will be available for interpretation later in the summer after processing and this work will determine the forward programme on these licenses.
This acquisition represents Perenco’s fifth new country entry in the last 9 months. This follows the award of the Sindi-Amedi license in the Kurdish Region of Iraq, signature of two Production Sharing Contracts in Belize, the recent acquisition of Barrett in Peru, and the award of five deepwater licenses in the Brazilian ninth round. These ventures demonstrate the intent to grow the Company through Exploration in new regions as well as in established countries. The combination of these licenses, plus any awards from other new venture efforts that are currently underway, will continue the process of replenishing the portfolio for the next generation of exploration drilling.
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