Australia Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industry Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts of All Active and Planned Exploration Blocks and Oil and Gas Fields to 2012

SUMMARY

Australia Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industry Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts of All Active and Planned Exploration Blocks and Oil and Gas Fields to 2012

Summary

This profile is the essential source for top-level industry data and information relating to the Exploration and Production industry in Australia. It provides asset level information relating to the active and planned oil and gas fields and exploration blocks in Australia. The profiles of the major companies operating in the upstream industry of Australia are also included in the report. The latest news and deals pertaining to the sector are also provided and analyzed.

Scope

• Updated information relating to all active and planned exploration blocks.
• Provides historical and forecast data and information for all the major operating and planned crude oil and natural gas fields.
• Details operators and equity partners of oil and gas fields and exploration blocks.
• Includes information relating to license round details, start and end dates, acreage, location, and reserves.
• Information on the top companies in the sector including business description, strategic analysis, and financial information.
• Product and brand updates, strategy changes, R&D projects, corporate expansions and contractions and regulatory changes.
• Key mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, private equity investments and IPOs.

Reasons to buy

• Obtain the most up to date information available on exploration licenses and oil and gas fields.
• Identify growth markets and opportunities in the industry.
• Facilitate market analysis and forecasting of future industry trends.
• Facilitate decision making on the basis of strong historic and forecast data data.
• Assess your competitor's exploration and production asset portfolio.
• Understand and respond to your competitors business structure, strategy and prospects.
• Develop strategies based on the latest operational, financial, and regulatory events.
• Do deals with an understanding of how competitors are financed, and the mergers and partnerships that have shaped the market.
• Identify and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the leading companies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Table of Contents 2
1.1 List of Tables 6
1.2 List of Figures 9
2 Introduction 10
2.1 What Is This Report About? 10
2.2 How To Use This Report 10
2.3 Market Definition 10
3 Australia, Country Snapshot 11
3.1 Australia, Key Data 11
3.2 Australia, Exploration And Production Assets Map 12
3.3 Australia, Crude Oil & Natural Gas Reserves 13
4 Australia, Crude Oil And Natural Gas Production 15
4.1 Australia, Historical Crude Oil Production 15
4.2 Australia, Historical Natural Gas Production 16
4.3 Australia, Crude Oil And Natural Gas Producing Asset Details 18
4.4 Australia, Crude Oil Production Assets By Area 26
4.5 Australia, Natural Gas Production Assets By Area 29
4.6 Australia, Planned Production Assets Details 32
4.7 Australia, Crude Oil Production By Company 33
4.8 Australia, Natural Gas Production By Company 35
5 Australia, Crude Oil And Natural Gas Forecasts 37
5.1 Australia, Forecasted Crude Oil Production 37
5.2 Australia, Forecasted Natural Gas Production 37
5.3 Australia, Forecasted Crude Oil Production Of Key Assets 38
5.4 Australia, Forecasted Natural Gas Production of Key Assets 38
5.5 Australia, Forecasted Asset Wise Gross Revenues 39
5.6 Australia, Forecasted Asset Wise Total Government Take 40
5.7 Australia, Forecasted Asset Wise Income Tax 41
5.8 Australia, Forecasted Asset Wise Contractor Take 42
6 Australia, Exploration Block Details 43
6.1 Australia, Total Number of Active Exploration Blocks 43
6.2 Australia, Total Number of Active Exploration Blocks By Company 44
6.3 Australia, Exploration Blocks Details 46
6.4 Australia, Planned Exploration Blocks Details 64
7 Santos Ltd. 66
7.1 Santos Ltd, Key Information 66
7.2 Santos Ltd, Company Overview 66
7.3 Santos Ltd, Business Description 66
7.4 Santos Ltd, Value Chain Analysis 69
7.5 Santos Ltd, SWOT Analysis 71
7.6 Santos Ltd, Revenue Analysis 73
7.7 Santos Ltd, Financial and Operational Review 74
8 Woodside Petroleum Limited 76
8.1 Woodside Petroleum Limited, Key Information 76
8.2 Woodside Petroleum Limited, Company Overview 76
8.3 Woodside Petroleum Limited, Business Description 76
8.4 Woodside Petroleum Limited, Value Chain Analysis 81
8.5 Woodside Petroleum Limited, SWOT Analysis 83
8.6 Woodside Petroleum Limited, Revenue Analysis 85
8.7 Woodside Petroleum Limited, Financial and Operational Review 87
8.8 Woodside Petroleum Limited, Operational Indicators 88
9 Exxon Mobil Corporation 89
9.2 Exxon Mobil Corporation, Business Description 89
9.3 Exxon Mobil Corporation, Value Chain Analysis 97
9.4 Exxon Mobil Corporation, SWOT Analysis 100
9.5 Exxon Mobil Corporation, Revenue Analysis 107
9.6 Exxon Mobil Corporation, Financial and Operational Review 109
9.7 Exxon Mobil Corporation, Operational Indicators 111
10 Australia Exploration and Production Industry, Deals land Scape 112
10.1 Merger 112
10.2 Acquisition 115
10.3 IPO 122
10.4 Debt Offerings 132
10.5 Partnership 135
10.6 Asset Transactions 136
11 Australia Exploration and Production Industry, Recent Developments 162
11.1 License Awards 162
11.2 Strategy and Business Expansion 164
11.3 Recent Discoveries 165
11.4 Drilling and Production Updates 174
11.5 Financial Announcements 211
11.6 Other Significant Developments 238
12 Appendix 259
12.1 Methodology 259
12.2 Key Economic Assumptions 263
12.3 Expert Panel Validation 264
12.4 Definitions 264
12.5 Unit of Measure 265
12.6 Disclosure information 266
12.7 Contact Us 266
12.8 Disclaimer 266

1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: Australia, Oil and Gas, Key Statistics, April 2008 17
Table 2: Australia, Total Crude Oil and Natural Gas Reserves, 2000-2012 20
Table 3: Australia, Total Crude Oil Production (MMBBLs), 2000-2007 22
Table 4: Australia, Total Natural Gas Production (BCF), 2000-2007 23
Table 5: Australia, Oil and Gas Asset Details, April 2008 24
Table 6: Australia, Oil and Gas Asset Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 25
Table 7: Australia, Oil and Gas Asset Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 26
Table 8: Australia, Oil and Gas Asset Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 27
Table 9: Australia, Oil and Gas Asset Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 28
Table 10: Australia, Oil and Gas Asset Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 29
Table 11: Australia, Oil and Gas Asset Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 30
Table 12: Australia, Oil and Gas Asset Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 31
Table 13: Australia Offshore, Total Crude Oil Production (Barrels), by Assets, 2000-2007 32
Table 14: Australia Offshore, Total Crude Oil Production (Barrels), by Assets, 2000-2007, (Cont'd) 33
Table 15: New South Wales, Total Crude Oil Production (Barrels), by Assets, 2000-2007 33
Table 16: Queensland, Total Crude Oil Production (Barrels), by Assets, 2000-2007 34
Table 17: Western Australia, Total Crude Oil Production (Barrels), by Assets, 2000-2007 34
Table 18: Northern Territory, Total Crude Oil Production (Barrels), by Assets, 2000-2007 34
Table 19: South Australia, Total Crude Oil Production (Barrels), by Assets, 2000-2007 35
Table 20: Australia Offshore,Total Natural Gas Production (MMCF), by Assets, 2000-2007 35
Table 21: Australia Offshore, Total Natural Gas Production (MMCF), by Assets, 2000-2007 (Cont'd) 36
Table 22: New South Wales, Total Natural Gas Production (MMCF), by Assets, 2000-2007 36
Table 23: Queensland, Total Natural Gas Production (MMCF), by Assets, 2000-2007 37
Table 24: Western Australia, Total Natural Gas Production (MMCF), by Assets, 2000-2007 37
Table 25: Northern Territory, Total Natural Gas Production (MMCF), by Assets, 2000-2007 37
Table 26: South Australia, Total Natural Gas Production (MMCF), by Assets, 2000-2007 38
Table 27: Australia, Oil and Gas Planned Production Asset Details, April 2008 38
Table 28: Australia, Total Crude Oil Production (MBBLs), by Company, 2000-2007 39
Table 29: Australia, Total Crude Oil Production (MBBLs), by Company, 2000-2007, (Cont'd) 40
Table 30: Australia, Total Natural Gas Production (BCF), by Company, 2000-2007 41
Table 31: Australia, Total Natural Gas Production (BCF), by Company, 2000-2007 (Cont'd) 42
Table 32: Australia, Total Crude Oil Production (MMBBLs), Forecast, 2008-2013 43
Table 33: Australia, Total Natural Gas Production (BCF), Forecast, 2008-2013 43
Table 34: Australia, Total Crude Oil Production (Barrels), Forecast by Assets, 2008-2013 44
Table 35: Australia, Total Natural Gas Production (MMCF), Forecast by Assets, 2008-2013 44
Table 36: Australia, Forecasted Assets-wise Gross Revenue (000'$), 2008-2013 45
Table 37: Australia, Forecasted Assets-wise Government Take (000'$), 2008-2013 46
Table 38: Australia, Forecasted Assets-wise Income Tax (000'$), 2008-2013 47
Table 39: Australia, Projected Assets-wise Total Contractor Take (000'$), 2008-2013 48
Table 40: Australia, Total Number of Active Exploration Blocks, April 2008 49
Table 41: Australia, Total Number of Active Exploration Blocks By Company, 2000-2007 50
Table 42: Australia, Total Number of Active Exploration Blocks By Company, 2000-2007, (Cont'd) 51
Table 43: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008 52
Table 44: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 53
Table 45: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 54
Table 46: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 55
Table 47: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 56
Table 48: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 57
Table 49: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 58
Table 50: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 59
Table 51: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 60
Table 52: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 61
Table 53: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 62
Table 54: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 63
Table 55: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 64
Table 56: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 65
Table 57: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 66
Table 58: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 67
Table 59: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 68
Table 60: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 69
Table 61: Australia, Oil and Gas Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 70
Table 62: Australia, Oil & Gas Planned Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008 70
Table 63: Australia, Oil & Gas Planned Exploration Blocks Details, April 2008, (Cont'd) 71
Table 64: Santos Ltd., Key Facts, 2006 72
Table 65: Santos Ltd., SWOT Analysis , 2006 77
Table 66: Santos Ltd., Revenue by Segment, A$ Million, 2002-2006 79
Table 67: Santos Ltd., Revenue by Geography, A$ Million, 2002-2006 80
Table 68: Santos Ltd., Financial Statements, A$ Million, 2002-2006 80
Table 69: Santos Ltd., Financial Ratios, A$ Million, 2002-2006 81
Table 70: Santos Ltd. Operational Indicators, 2002-2006 81
Table 71: Woodside Petroleum Limited, Key Facts, 2006 82
Table 72: Woodside Petroleum Limited, SWOT Analysis , 2006 89
Table 73: Woodside Petroleum Limited, Revenue by Segment, A$ Million, 2002-2006 92
Table 74: Woodside Petroleum Limited, Revenue by Geography, A$ Million, 2002-2006 92
Table 75: Woodside Petroleum Limited, Financial Statements, A$ Million, 2002-2006 93
Table 76: Woodside Petroleum Limited, Financial Ratios, A$ Million, 2002-2006 94
Table 77: Woodside Petroleum Limited Operational Indicators, 2002-2006 94
Table 78: Exxon Mobil Corporation,Key Facts, 2007 95
Table 79: Exxon Mobil Corporation, SWOT Analysis , 2007 106
Table 80: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Revenue by Segment, USD Million, 2002-2006 113
Table 81: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Revenue by Geography, USD Million, 2002-2006 114
Table 82: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Financial Statements, USD Million, 2003-2007 115
Table 83: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Financial Ratios, USD Million, 2003-2007 116
Table 84: Exxon Mobil Corporation Operational Indicators, 2003-2007 117
Table 85: Brent Blend NYMEX Future Prices 269

1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: Australia, Exploration and Production Assets Map, April 2008 18
Figure 2: Australia, Total Crude Oil and Natural Gas Reserves (MMBOE), 2000-2012 19
Figure 3: Australia, Total Crude Oil Production (MMBBLs), 2000-2007 21
Figure 4: Australia, Total Natural Gas Production (BCF), 2000-2007 22
Figure 5: Australia, Total Number of Active Exploration Blocks, 2000-2007 49
Figure 6: Santos Ltd., Value Chain Analysis 75
Figure 7: Woodside Petroleum Limited, Value Chain Analysis 87
Figure 8: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Value Chain Analysis 103
Figure 9: Global Markets Direct Methodology 265