Offshore staff

The new permits awarded are as follows: Two in the Bass Basin off Tasmania in shallow water to Bass Strait Oil Co.; one in the Browse Basin off Western Australia,to Nexus Energy Australia NL; two in the Bonaparte Basin, in the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands off north-western Western Australia, one to Eni Australia and the other to Auralandia NL, Natural Gas Corp. Pty Ltd and Gascorp Inc.

6/7/2006