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Hydrocarbon Reserves

Table 1: Initial hydrocarbon reserves for Bonaparte Basin

FieldOilCondensateGasSource
MMbblMMbblBcfMMboe1
Audacious - Audacious-1 area only3.1 0.00.0RDPIFR
Barnett 2.7 0.00.0RDPIFR
Barossa  2700.0459.0RDPIFR
Blacktip  957.2162.7DMP
Buffalo20.6 0.00.0DMP
Caldita  2900.0493.0RDPIFR
Cash/Maple 34.21650.0280.5RDPIFR
Challis and Cassini59.9 0.00.0RDPIFR
Corallina97.5 0.00.0RDPIFR
Evans Shoal  8300.01411.0RDPIFR
Evans Shoal South  74.012.6RDPIFR
Greater Sunrise 243.05440.0924.8RDPIFR
Jabiru112.4 0.00.0RDPIFR
Katandra1.2 0.00.0RDPIFR
Laminaria103.0 0.00.0RDPIFR
Montara, Bilyara, Tahbilk, Padthaway *20.8363.361.8RDPIFR
Oliver *20.4345.158.7RDPIFR
Petrel 5.9970.0164.9RDPIFR
Prometheus/Rubicon  197.033.5DMP
Puffin14.3 0.00.0RDPIFR
Skua20.2 0.00.0RDPIFR
Swan 5.070.011.9RDPIFR
Talbot1.8 0.00.0RDPIFR
Tenacious4.6 0.00.0RDPIFR
Tern 5.7468.179.6DMP
Turtle7.7 0.00.0DMP
Vesta14.2 0.00.0RDPIFR
Weaber  4.50.8RDPIFR
*Liquids include crude oil and condensate, 1Conversion factor for gas (Tcf to MMboe) is 0.17x1000.
All reserves are P50. All developed field resources from DMP have been compiled using the remaining reserves plus the cumulative production as of December 2007. All other fields are reserves as of 31st December 2007.
DMP - Department of Mines and Petroleum, Western Australia
www.dmp.wa.gov.au/documents/PWA_September_2008.pdf (last accessed 8 Jan 2008)
RDPIFR - Department of Regional Development, Primary Industry, Fisheries and Resources, Northern Territory.
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