Activity details

Organisation	INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd
Activity types	Drilling Other survey
In-force EP	4817
Submission date	11 April, 2019
Outcome	Accepted
Acceptance date	24 July, 2019
Locations	North West
Start date	Pending titleholder notification
Stop date	Pending titleholder notification

Please note: activity start and stop dates are based on notifications provided by the titleholder.

Titleholder contact

Activity Description

As titleholder on behalf of its joint venture participants, INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd. (INPEX) is proposing to drill an exploration well inexploration permit area WA-343-P, in the Browse Basin. The permit area is wholly within Commonwealth waters locatedapproximately 400 km north of Derby, Western Australia.The petroleum activity will consist of a pre-drilling site survey, and the drilling and evaluation of an exploration well, where waterdepths are approximately 350 m. Drilling will be conducted using a semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU).The pre-drilling site survey is expected to commence in the second half of 2019, with drilling scheduled to commence in the first halfof 2020; however, the start date is subject to MODU availability, operational efficiencies, weather and analysis of geophysical datacollected during the pre-drill site survey.

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EP Documents

EP Document	A686929 (2.46 MB)
Decision notifications	A684355 (175 KB)

Related EP assessments

4817 (Click to view)