Activity details

Organisation	EOG Resources Australia Block WA-488 Pty Ltd
Project
Activity types	Drilling Other survey
In-force EP	7585
Submission date	05 October, 2023
Outcome	Accepted
Acceptance date	10 June, 2024
Locations	North West
Start date	Pending titleholder notification
Stop date	Pending titleholder notification
Lifecycle Classification	Exploration

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

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Activity Description

EOG Resources Australia Block WA-488 Pty Ltd is the titleholder of exploration permit WA-488-P and proposes to drill the Beehive-1 exploration well within Commonwealth marine waters approximately 80 kilometres (km) off the Western Australian (WA) coastline, located in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf (JBG), WA. EOG proposes to undertake the activity using a jack-up mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) with auxiliary activities including support vessels and helicopters. The activity will be conducted entirely within Commonwealth waters in accordance with the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (Cth) (OPGGS Act 2006) and Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2023 (OPGGS(E)).

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Accepted EP Documents

EP Document	A1087055 (199 MB)
OPEP Document	A1087047 (15.2 MB)
NOPSEMA Report	A1093177 (100 KB)

Related EP assessments

7585 (Click to view)

6998 (Click to view)