Santostoday announced it will acquire a 20 per cent equity in the PPL 339 licence in Papua New Guinea via a farm-in agreement with Kina Petroleum Limited.
The license is located within the Aure Fold Belt, southeast of the Elk/Antelope fields in an area with active natural seeps and represents Santos’ first entry into this new play in PNG.
The PPL 339 license holders before and after the Santos farm-in are:
|
Before farm-in |
After farm-in |
|
|
Oil Search (PNG) Ltd (Operator) |
35% |
35% |
|
Total E&P PNG 2 B.V. |
35% |
35% |
|
Kina Petroleum (PPL339) Limited |
30% |
10% |
|
Barracuda Limited (Santos) |
– |
20% |
The farm-in is subject to customary government and joint venture partner approvals.
