Shell Australia Pty Ltd (Shell Australia) is planning to undertake the Factory three-dimensional (3D) marine seismic survey (MSS) within the Browse and Bonaparte Basin offshore Western Australia (WA). The Factory 3D MSS will comprise acquisition of approximately 3,750 km2 of 3D seismic data in Exploration Permits AC/P65, AC/P41, WA-534-P, and a very small portion of adjacent acreage for the purposes of acquiring sufficient data to fully-image the prospects on the titles. The Factory Operational Area (OA) is located approximately 103 km from the Kimberley coast of northern WA and is approximately 200 km from the Indonesian archipelago and East Timor.
Following acceptance, the Factory 3D MSS environment plan (EP) will be valid until the end of September 2020. The survey will be conducted as a single acquisition operation either between the beginning of November 2019 and the end of February 2020 or between the beginning of April 2020 and the end of September 2020; the survey will take a maximum of 73 days plus a contingent additional 17 days for unplanned down time such as bad weather etc