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S seven months and will start Santos funds from supermajor Shell. Its proximity to exist-

Beehive seismic

Evans Shoal is in in January 2018. The survey ing infrastructure could

NEWS

Retention Lease NT/RL7, in Australia’s Santos has features complicated surface provide options for early the North Bonaparte basin agreed to partly fund and and geological conditions commercialization of any around 300km northwest of lead a new 3D seismic with a combination of discovery, says Santos,

Darwin, where the Darwin survey over the Beehive deep and shallow marine which is acquiring the op- lique? ed natural gas plant prospect in Australia’s work. The Artemis Athene, tion from Melbourne-based is operating. Eni estimates Bonaparte basin in return

Magseis’ OBS vessel, will be

Melbana Energy.

the resource base of the ? eld for an up to 80% farm-in op- Funding and execution used for the survey.

to at least 8 Tcf of raw gas in tion in the permit. of the 3D seismic survey

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Eni picks up Santos calls Beehive, which place. over Beehive will give

Evans Shoal stake

The new NT/RL7 Joint sits on the WA-488-P per-

Santos the right to earn off Australia

Venture includes Eni mit, adjacent to the Blacktip up to an 80% interest in

Eni has acquired a 32.5% Australia with 65% interest, production infrastructure and

WA-488-P through the interest in and operatorship Petronas Carigali (Australia) within reach of the Ichthys subsequent funding and of the Evans Shoal gas ? eld (25%), and Osaka Gas infrastructure, an “exciting completion of an explora- offshore northern Australia Australia (10%). prospect.” tion well.

which will be used in the Mero the newbuild FLNG vessel

Pilot project (formerly Libra bound for the Coral South o