Notice of Amendment of Invitation for Work Program Exploration Permit Application - Round 2 (Acreage Release Area W16-2)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OF INVITATION FOR WORK PROGRAM EXPLORATION PERMIT APPLICATION – ROUND 2 (ACREAGE RELEASE AREA W16-2)

I, Joanne Jennifer Bell, Delegate of the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA), on behalf of the Commonwealth-Western Australia Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority, hereby amend the Notice of Invitation for Work Program Exploration Permit Application – Round 2, published in the Australian Government Gazette on 12 August 2016 (C2016G01090).

1. Authority
   
   The Notice of Invitation for Work Program Exploration Permit Application – Round 2 was issued pursuant to section 104 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.
   
   This amendment to that notice is made pursuant to that same section 104 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 and to subsection 33(3) of the Commonwealth Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
2. Amendment
   
   The block listing for Acreage Release Area W16-2 is amended by:
   1. deleting graticular blocks 2816, 2817, 2818, 2819, 2820, 2821, 2888, 2889 and 2890 of the Melville Island [SC52] Map Sheet from the block listing; and
   2. replacing the block listing for Acreage Release Area W16-2 with the revised block list set out below.

REVISED Graticular Block Listing

Release Area W16-2

Sahul Syncline, Bonaparte Basin, Western Australia

Map Sheet SC52 (MELVILLE ISLAND)

Assessed to contain 60 blocks.