Woodside was awarded the undrilled NT/P86 expl permit - originally offered as block NT17-1 in the 2017 Offshore Federal Acreage Re-release - on 16 Jul â19 for a 6-year period. The block covers 8,340 sq km in the Bonaparte and Arafura-Money Shoal basins, adjacent to the Barossa and Caldita gas fields. Contract terms include 1,500 km 2D seismic, 1,000 sq km of 3D and further geotechnical studies.
Woodside was awarded exploration permit NT/P86.