Notice of Cancellation of Petroleum Exploration Permit EPP45

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Section 708

Section 275

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF

PETROLEUM EXPLORATION PERMIT EPP45

I, GRAEME ALBERT WATERS, the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator, on behalf of the Commonwealth-South Australia Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority hereby cancel the whole of Petroleum Exploration Permit EPP45 as described by the blocks hereunder of which

Chevron Australia (EPP45) Pty Ltd

(ABN  96 153 128 682)

is the registered titleholder, on the ground of:

• Non-compliance with Conditions 1 and 3 of Petroleum Exploration Permit EPP45, specifically the failure to meet the Permit Year 3 commitment to drill two exploration wells.

DESCRIPTION OF BLOCKS

The reference hereunder is to the name of the map sheet of the 1:1,000,000 series prepared and published for the purposes of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 and to the numbers of graticular sections shown thereon.

Map Sheet SI52 (Eyre)

Map Sheet SI53 (Port Augusta)

This notice takes effect on the day on which it appears in the Australian Government Gazette.

Made under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

of the Commonwealth of Australia.

GRAEME ALBERT WATERS

TITLES ADMINISTRATOR

ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH-SOUTH AUSTRALIA

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM JOINT AUTHORITY