Melbana Energy has been awarded two additional petroleum exploration permits offshore northern Australia on a 100% basis. Application was made for these permit areas under the Australian Government’s 2019 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release.

The location of the permits, designated as WA-544-P and NT/P87, are shown in the map below below. They have been awarded for an initial period of six years and are located adjacent to Melbana’s existing WA-488-P permit area that contains the giant Beehive Prospect.

Location of newly awarded permit areas

Melbana Energy’s Executive Chairman, Andrew Purcell, said:
“The award of these additional permits next to our Beehive Prospect allows us to build on the knowledge we have gained studying WA-488-P to pursue other leads across a wider area. This additional running room makes the Beehive Prospect an even more exciting opportunity, particularly since the minimum work requirements can leverage Melbana’s in-house expertise before having to decide whether to commit to the larger work commitments in years 4 and beyond.”

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