Notice of Cancellation of Petroleum Exploration Permit WA-540-P

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Section 708

Section 275

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF

PETROLEUM EXPLORATION PERMIT WA-540-P

I, JOANNE JENNIFER BELL, the Delegate of the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator, on behalf of the Commonwealth-Western Australia Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority hereby cancel the whole of Petroleum Exploration Permit WA-540-P as described by the blocks hereunder of which

Santos Offshore Pty Ltd

(ACN 005 475 589)

is the registered titleholder, on the ground of:

• non-compliance with Condition 1 of Petroleum Exploration Permit WA-540-P, specifically the failure to meet the following minimum work requirements:
  • Acquire or licence 1,000 km2 3D broadband seismic data

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 SE50 (Rowley Shoals)

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.

JOANNE JENNIFER BELL

DELEGATE OF THE TITLES ADMINISTRATOR

ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM JOINT AUTHORITY