The Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority informed that oil and gas major Shell has applied to obtain a permission to conduct a seismic survey offshore Kimberley, Australia.
Namely, Shell Australia is planning to carry out the Factory three-dimensional (3D) marine seismic survey (MSS) within the Browse and Bonaparte Basin offshore Western Australia (WA).
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The Factory 3D MSS will comprise acquisition of approximately 3,750 km2 of 3D seismic data in Exploration Permits AC/P65, AC/P41, WA-534-P, as well as a very small portion of near acreage for acquiring enough data to fully-image the prospects.
The Factory Operational Area (OA) is located around 100 km from the Kimberley coast of northern WA and is about 200 km from the Indonesian archipelago and East Timor.
The Factory 3D MSS will be performed over a period of 2-3 months from July 1 to December 30, 2019.
