Bridgeport Energy Ltd was awarded exploration permit ATP 2022-P, located in the Cooper-Eromanga Basin, on 4 December 2019. The permit has been awarded for a period of six years and will expire, or be eligible for renewal, on 3 December 2025.   The permit was applied for in 2015 as block PLR2015-2-10, after being offered in the Queensland State 2015 Acreage Offer. The round was open between 14 May and 8 October 2015.  After application, Bridgeport was required to complete native title agreements, with the permit then granted as an Authority to Prospect (ATP) exploration areas.   The permit contains part of the Inland oil field, which was discovered in 1994. It also contains four wells â Morney North, which was dry, and the Morney 1,2 and 3 wells, all of which encountered oil and gas shows.  ATP 2022-P, which covers an area of 438 sq km, was awarded on 4 December 2019. Bridgeport Energy (QLD) Pty Ltd holds 100% interest and operatorship of the permit.
Bridgeport secured sole rights to ATP 2022-P, 438 sq km around the Inland field in the Cooper-Eromanga,