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The Australian Government is committed to creating a policy framework to expand Australia's resource base, increase the international competitiveness of our resources sector and improve the regulatory regime, consistent with the principles of environmental responsibility and sustainable development.
Release Area NT09-1, Malita Graben, Bonaparte Basin, Northern Territory

Location

Release Area NT09-1 is located within the northeastern portion of the Bonaparte Basin 220 km northwest of Darwin and 40 km south of the Evans Shoal gas field (Figure 1 [PDF, 128kb]). It is close to the Darwin operations base and the Wickham Point LNG plant that is supplied by the Bayu-Undan gas pipeline. Water depths range from 10 m to 170 m over the Release Area. The Release Area lies within the Malita Graben, a major depocentre of the northern Bonaparte Basin (Figure 2 [PDF, 1,870kb]).

Release Area NT09-1 comprises 75 graticular blocks and covers an area of approximately 6305 km2, with one well, Beluga 1, drilled within the area.

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