Buru Energy Limited (Buru) is pleased to advise that it has been successful in its application
with its partner Energy Resources Limited (EnRes, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mineral
Resources Limited) for an additional two highly prospective petroleum exploration areas in
the Northern Carnarvon Basin and the Merlinleigh Sub-basin. The areas lie immediately to
the south of the EP 510 permit that Buru also shares with EnRes.
The L22-2 and L22-4 areas were part of the recent WA Government Petroleum Acreage
Release 2 of 2022, and have been offered to the joint venture of EnRes as Operator (75%)
and Buru (25%). The grant of the permits is subject to completion of Native Title
agreements, and the joint venture looks forward to completing those with the relevant
parties.
The applications for these areas are part of Buru’s long-term strategy to leverage its
proprietary knowledge of the Palaeozoic petroleum systems of the Canning Basin to expand
into underexplored and prospective onshore petroleum acreage outside the Canning Basin.
The Buru/EnRes joint venture already operates in permit EP 510 immediately to the north of
the application areas and is planning to drill two exploration wells on EP 510 in CY 2024. The
addition of the new areas makes the joint venture the largest acreage holder in the onshore
Carnarvon Basin and Merlinleigh Sub-basin and will further facilitate optimisation of
exploration activities in the region.
Area L22-2 is located south of EP 510 and covers an area of 4,908 sq km. This permit contains
the southern extension of the petroleum plays in EP 510, and regional analysis demonstrates
the area is prospective for both oil and gas in a variety of play types.
Area L22-4 is located immediately to the south of L22-2 and overlies the northern extend of
the under explored Merlinleigh Sub-basin. This permit covers an area of 6,444 sq km and is
prospective for gas with potential large structures identified.
The proximity of the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline immediately east of these
areas will greatly facilitate accelerated development of gas discoveries in the area.
CEO Thomas Nador commented:
“These areas substantially advance Buru’s strategy to leverage our considerable inhouse
geoscience expertise to grow our exposure to future onshore energy developments. The
recent activity in the Perth Basin both geologically and corporately illustrates the major
impact that gas discoveries can have, particularly in these underexplored basins close to
infrastructure.
We are very pleased that our strong relationship with EnRes has resulted in a 100% success
rate with our joint exploration permit applications and I wish to express my congratulations
to the team.”
