Communities, like those in Victoria's Port Fairy, are pushing back against seismic blasting that threatened marine life in the Otway basin and surrounding areas.
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NOPSEMA has announced that Schlumberger s proposal to acquire the Bonaparte Multiclient 3D Marine Seismic Survey in the Bonaparte Basin is open for comment . The Seismic Survey may commence as early as September 2022 and will be completed before 30 June 2024.
3D Oil has been awarded the VIC/P79 exploration permit containing the Vanguard gas prospect, situated in the offshore Otway Basin adjacent the producing Geographe gas field.
In the wake of the interdict against oil major Shell, which halted its seismic survey to explore for hydrocarbons off the Wild Coast, it has emerged that activists are girding themselves for a battle over another planned seismic survey, in Western Cape waters.