Application for Production Licence and Seismic Update
Perth, Aug 6, 2012 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Central Petroleum Ltd (
ASX:CTP) advises that it has submitted an application letter to the Northern Territory Department of Resources (NTDOR) for a Production Licence (PL) around the Surprise 1REH ST1 discovery well. Given the results of the Extended Production Test to date, the Company believes it has enough data to justify the application for a PL.
3D seismic data acquisition over the Surprise structure in EP-115 and the 2D seismic across the Pellinor play in EP-97 is 100% complete. The processing of the 3D is 50% complete and the 2D has been initiated.
About Central Petroleum Limited
Central Petroleum Limited (
ASX:CTP) is a well-established, and emerging ASX-listed Australian oil and gas producer. In our short history, Central has grown to become the largest onshore gas producer in the Northern Territory (NT), supplying industrial customers and senior gas distributors in NT and the wider Australian east coast market.
Central is positioned to become a significant domestic energy supplier, with exploration and development plans across 180,000 km2 of tenements in Queensland and the Northern Territory, including some of Australia's largest known onshore conventional gas prospects. Central has also completed an MoU with Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) to progress the proposed Amadeus to Moomba Gas Pipeline to a Final Investment Decision.
We are also seeking to develop the Range gas project, a new gas field located among proven CSG fields in the Surat Basin, Queensland with 135 PJ (net to Central) of development-pending 2C contingent resource.
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