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)).