EP509 and TP29 (Pepper Project) are located in the Barrow Sub-basin of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, within State waters. Both permits sit within shallow water depths (less than 50 meters) and lie adjacent to each other, immediately south-west of Barrow Island, offshore Western Australia
The permit was acquired in June 2021 and contains several wells which encountered non-commercial hydrocarbon-bearing intervals. This includes the Pepper-1 well, which intersected a live hydrocarbon column in tight thinly-bedded turbidite sands of the Late Jurassic Dupuy Member within a mapped structural closure. Additionally, net hydrocarbon pay was also recorded in topsets of the Early Cretaceous Lower Barrow Group.
Based on sparse, poor quality 2D seismic data, it is possible the Pepper-1 well was not drilled in a crestal location for reservoir within the turbidite depositional system.
During the year, Carnarvon completed several studies to predict likely locations for improved reservoir quality. These include seismic reprocessing of pre-existing 2D seismic lines across the permit and investigatory reservoir studies. The seismic reprocessing of preexisting 2D seismic line provided improved imaging of the Pepper reservoir interval as well providing a far more robust well-tie. Carnarvon is currently working on volumetrics for the Pepper prospect, with prospect having potential to provide additional resources to the Company’s portfolio.