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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COOPER BASIN
EXPLORATION OPPORTUNITIES - 2004
Elinor Alexander
Petroleum Group PIRSA
April 2004
Petroleum and
Geothermal
Tenements
Petroleum tenements
Exploration licence (onshore)
Exploration licence (offshore)
Work program exploration application
Over the counter exploration application
Production licence
Potential release area
Geothermal tenements
Exploration licence
Exploration licence application
Proven trends in the Cooper and
Otway
Potential for giant oil in the Officer
Potential for significant oil
discoveries in the outer Eromanga,
Arrowie and other basins
Evermore expeditious land access
High success rates and short cycle
time to production in Cooper
Infrastructure
Data access
Acreage available
Geothermal energy
Competitive fiscal regime
Native Title
and Petroleum
licences
Native Title Claimant Area
Aboriginal lands
Petroleum exploration licence
Gazetted release area
Potential release area
Native Title Access Agreements in SA
• Right to Negotiate process in SA now leverages on 39 existing
agreements over 26 PELs and 2 PELAs
• SA Native Title agreements are full cycle (conjunctive)
• Agreements have been accepted as fair to the registered Native
Title claimants and are demonstrably sustainable with respect
to development
• Details of all agreements are available to the public via PIRSA’s
website www.petroleum.pir.sa.gov.au
SA Drilling - actuals and forecast
120
14
27 PELs
surrender
33% to 50% 12
of areas
Total Expl + Appr + Dev Wells
100
80
Nos. Cooper Operators
Surrender
of PELs
5&6
2002-3 New PELs
Full-cycle native title
access agreements
10
27 new PELs
+ PPLs
8
Find sizes up to:
- 3.4 MMBBL oil
- 50 BCF + liquids
60
6
40
Cycle time to oil
production < 6 mo.
4
High success rates
20
2
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0
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2009
Popular!!
Cooper Basin oil success rates
57% Geologic Success:
12 of 21 wildcats found
new pools
50
ACRASIA 1
OIL DISCOVERY COUNT
45
42% Economic Success:
9 new fields vs 21 wells
(5 with pay stacked)
40
35
MOOMBA 104
30
Increased pace of
success
25
20
15
Long-offset seismic to
pick crests
STRZELECKI 3
10
5
0
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
OIL EXPLORATION WELL COUNT
400
450
Cooper Basin Sub-crop limit
CO2003–A
(bids close July 2004)
Cooper acreage
releases
CO2003-A:
Currently open for bids
Oil and gas plays
CO2004 - TBA
MOOMBA
CO2004-A:
Nappamerri Trough
Birkhead/Hutton oil play
One block, release at EABS2
Bids close ~ mid 2005
Permian limit
CO2003-A
Triassic limit
Cooper margin oil and
gas plays
Warburton Basin shelf
plays
CO2003-A
Gas Pipeline
Oil Pipeline
Structural and
stratigraphic traps
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