重点
- WA-544-P 和 NT/P87（许可证）中最低工作要求的变更已获批准 - 许可证第四年获取三维地震数据的承诺已更改为地质和地球物理研究以及井规划。-
许可证包含哈德逊勘探区（Hudson Prospect）以及尚未开发的特尔特尔（Turtle）和巴奈特（Barnett）油田，位于澳大利亚北部近海。-
许可证紧邻 WA-488-P，其中包含巨大的蜂巢勘探区（Beehive Prospect）（也是碳酸盐岩堆积区），梅尔巴纳（Melbana）于 2021 年将其出售给一家美国石油巨头。梅尔巴纳有权获得未来或有现金和特许权使用费作为出售对价的一部分。今年早些时候，在蜂巢勘探区钻探勘探井的环境许可证已获批准。

Melbana Energy Limited（简称“Melbana”或“公司”）建议，国家海上石油所有权管理局已批准对 2020 年授予该公司（Melbana 100%）3 的石油勘探许可证 WA-544-P 和 NT/P87（许可证）第 4 年许可证最低工作要求进行修改。这些许可证位于澳大利亚北部近海的约瑟夫·波拿巴湾（见图 1）。

批准对许可证第 4 年最低工作要求进行的修改如下：

1. 从 WA-544-P 许可证第 4 年工作计划条件中删除获取 300 平方公里 3D 地震勘测的内容；
2. 从 NT/P87 许可证第 4 年工作计划条件中删除获取 400 平方公里 3D 地震勘测的内容；以及，
3. 进行地质和地球物理研究及井规划。Melbana

必须在 2027 年 5 月 23 日之前完成地质和岩土工程研究，包括井规划和运营规划，然后才能决定是否在 2028 年 5 月 23 日之前开始钻探一口勘探井

。这些许可证涵盖了极具吸引力的 Hudson 勘探区，该公司已将其确定为一个独立的碳酸盐岩堆积体。独立的碳酸盐岩堆积体拥有一些世界上最大的油藏，但在澳大利亚，它们属于未经测试的储量类型。

首个进行此类勘探的井是位于许可证附近 WA-488-P 的 Beehive-1 井，该井已获得环境许可，最早可在今年钻探一口井。Melbana

确定了 Beehive 勘探前景，并于 2021 年将 WA-488-P 出售给了一家美国石油巨头。该公司现已获得环境许可，可钻探最多四口勘探井。Melbana 不承担这些勘探井的成本，但有权获得未来的或有现金和特许权使用费权益。

许可证位于浅水区（20 至 40 米深），位于澳大利亚北领地达尔文西南约 300 公里处。Blacktip

气田位于许可证的西北部，其管道横穿 NT/P87 北部边界，有可能通往达尔文液化天然气设施和/或东海岸天然气市场。

Melbana 及其顾问目前正在进行一项流程，寻找有意向为勘探井提供资金的各方，以进一步降低勘探风险，并换取许可证权益。Melbana 在矿权转让过程中使用的技术演示文稿副本可在公司网站上查阅。

Highlights
- Variation of minimum work requirements in WA-544-P and NT/P87 (Permits) approved - commitment to acquire 3D seismic in Permit Year 4 changed to geological and geophysical studies and well planning.
- The Permits contain the Hudson Prospect, along with the undeveloped Turtle and Barnett oil discoveries, and lie offshore northern Australia.
- The Permits are immediately adjacent to WA-488-P, containing the giant Beehive prospect (also a carbonate buildup), which Melbana sold to a US oil major in 20211. Melbana is entitled to receive future contingent cash and royalty payments as part of the sale consideration. Environmental permits to drill exploration wells in the Beehive Prospect were granted earlier this year2.

Melbana Energy Limited (Melbana or Company) advises that the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator has approved a variation of the minimum work requirements for Permit Year 4 of petroleum exploration permits WA-544-P and NT/P87 (Permits) granted to the Company in 2020 (Melbana 100%)3. The Permits are in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf offshore northern Australia (see Figure 1).

The approved changes to the minimum work requirements for Year 4 of the Permits were:

1. Remove the acquisition of a 300km2 3D seismic survey from the Permit Year 4 work program conditions for WA-544-P;
2. Remove the acquisition of a 400km2 3D seismic survey from the Permit Year 4 work program conditions for NT/P87; and,
3. Undertake geological and geophysical studies and well planning.

Melbana now has until 23 May 2027 to complete geological and geotechnical studies, including well and operational planning, before deciding whether to progress to drilling one exploration well by 23 May 2028.

The Permits host the attractive Hudson prospect, which has been identified by the Company as an isolated carbonate build up. Isolated carbonate build ups host some of the world’s largest oil reservoirs, but they are an untested play type in Australia.

The first exploration well to do so, designated Beehive-1, in WA-488-P adjacent to the Permits has received an environmental permit to drill a well as early as this year.

Melbana identified the Beehive prospect and subsequently sold WA-488-P to a US oil major in 2021. That company has now received environmental approvals to drill up to four exploration wells. Melbana has no exposure to the cost of these exploration wells but is entitled to receive future contingent cash and royalty interests.

The Permits are in shallow water (20 to 40 metres deep) and located about 300 kilometres southwest of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory.

The Blacktip gas field lies to the northwest of the Permits and its pipeline transects the northern boundary of NT/P87, allowing potential access to the Darwin LNG facility and/or the east coast gas market.

Melbana and its advisors are currently running a process to identify parties interested in funding an exploration well to further derisk the prospect in return for receiving an interest in the Permits. A copy of the technical presentation Melbana is using during the farmout process is available on the Company’s website.