Approval to Award Drilling Contract for Bunian 6
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ASX Announcement
Release date: 19 March 2026
Bass Secures Approval to Award Drilling Contract for Bunian 6
Oil Development Well
Bass Oil Limited (ASX:BAS) is an Australian-listed oil producer holding a majority interest in eight permits in the Cooper
Basin including the 100% owned Worrior and Padulla oil fields and a 55% interest in a South Sumatra Basin KSO.
Bass Oil Limited (ASX:BAS) (“Bass” or the “Company”) advises that the Indonesian Regulator has
approved the award of the drilling contract for the drilling of the Bunian 6 oil development well.
The rig selected is currently on contract to Pertamina EP and expected to move onto the Bunian 6 well
location (see Figure 1) to commence drilling in May. All materials required for the drilling and
completion of the well are already on site. The Bunian 6 well is the final element of the firm work
program commitment for the permit.
Bass is operator and 55% interest holder in the permit (KSO) which contains the Bunian oil field. The
KSO is currently producing 250 barrels of oil per day (bopd). Bunian 6 is forecast to add another 500
bopd to production when it comes online. It is located southwest of the prolific Bunian 3 well which
has recovered over 1.2 million barrels of oil to date. Further information regarding the well will be
released pre-spud.
Bass Managing Director, Tino Guglielmo, commented: “We have been eagerly awaiting the approval to
drill this well as it is expected to materially boost oil production, this, at a time of elevated oil prices. The
well is expected online by mid-year as the flowline to site has already been installed and tested.”
Figure 1: Bunian 6 Well pad
For further information please contact:
Tino Guglielmo
Managing Director
Bass Oil Limited
Ph: +61 3 9927 3000
Email: tino.guglielmo@bassoil.com.au
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