Activity details

Organisation	Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd
Project	Bass Strait Development
Activity types	Drilling
In-force EP	8174
Submission date	21 January, 2025
Outcome	Accepted
Acceptance date	19 May, 2025
Locations	Gippsland
Start date	Pending titleholder notification
Stop date	Pending titleholder notification
Lifecycle Classification	Development

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

Titleholder contact

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Activity Description

Esso has developed this EP in accordance with the applicable legislative requirements, to manage the environmental impacts and risks associated with JUR Turrum Phase 3 Drilling activities, to be completed by a JUR within the Petroleum Safety Zone (PSZ) at the Marlin B Platform in the Gippsland Basin. The JUR Turrum Phase 3 Drilling Operational Area (OA) for the purposes of this EP lies within Production License VIC/L03 and is defined by the existing 500m PSZ around the Marlin facility, whilst the activity is taking place at that location. The activities included in the scope of this EP are JUR positioning, conductor installation, drilling, completion installations, support vessels activities, remotely operated vehicle (ROV) activities and use of helicopters. The earliest date of commencement of JUR Turrum Phase 3 Drilling is expected to be in Q3 2025 when the JUR completes the previous activities. It is expected that the drilling, completion, and associated activities with up to five wells will take approximately 300 days (inclusive of JUR positioning activities), dependent on weather, scheduling and operations performance.

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Accepted EP Documents

EP Document	A1207867 (70.5 MB)
OPEP Document	A1193834 (7.6 MB)

Related EP assessments

8174 (Click to view)