Acquisition of Vanessa Gas Field and Facility Completes
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Release date: 17 June 2026
Bass Completes Acquisition of Vanessa Gas Field and Facility
Bass Oil Limited (ASX:BAS) is an Australian-listed oil producer that holds a majority interest in fourteen permits in the Cooper Basin (Australia)
including the 100% owned Worrior and Padulla oil fields and a 55% interest in a South Sumatra Basin (Indonesia) KSO.
Highlights
• Bass completes the acquisition of a 100% interest of the Vanessa gas field
• The Vanessa acquisition includes a shut-in gas production well, a gas processing facility and
a 5km gas pipeline connected into the existing Cooper Basin transmission network
• Engineering studies for field re-instatement to production are well underway
• First gas sales expected by the end of 2026 following recommissioning of the well & facilities
Bass Oil Limited (ASX:BAS) announces it has received regulatory approval from the South Australian
Department of Energy & Mining (DEM) for the acquisition of a 100% interest in PPL 268 and PRL 135, the
Vanessa Gas Field. This was the last remaining step prior to the transfer of ownership to Bass.
Bass Managing Director, Mr Tino Guglielmo, commented; “This is an important milestone towards Bass’ entry
into the East Coast Gas Market. Gas market demand and gas pricing remain strong, which means fields such
as Vanessa can be run profitably by companies with a capable team and a low-cost structure such as Bass. The
team’s focus now turns to bringing Vanessa online as quickly as possible asafirststepaimedatgrowing a new and
profitable arm to the business.”
“Vanessa is also a key asset to be used in unlocking what we believe may be a company making gas resource
contained within the deep coals in our 100% owned PEL 182.” Mr Guglielmo added.
About Vanessa
The Vanessa acquisition includes a production facility and a 5km pipeline connecting to the Cooper Basin
transmission network (Figure 1). The facility has a nameplate capacity of 10 million SCF per day. Vanessa was
drilled in 2007 and brought online in 2018 at a rate of 3.5 million SCF per day. The well produced 1.1 BCF over 2
years.
Detailed planning for the certification and recommissioning of the Vanessa well, facilities and pipeline
continue. GPA Engineering, a well-respected engineering house, has been engaged to assist in this process.
The Vanessa acquisition provides Bass the opportunity for:
• First gas sales - Recommissioning of the Vanessa gas production facility and pipeline will enable the
Company’s first gas sales into the east coast gas market in the late 2026
• Reserve growth - By proving up the untested conventional and tight gas potential in the Toolachee,
Epsilon and Patchawarra formations accessed in the existing well by fracture stimulation.
• Advancement of activities to commercialise the deep coals - The Vanessa well penetrated the entire
Permian sequence of sediments, including the deep coals. This location is ideally located to test the
potential of the large deep coal resource in PEL 182 without the cost burden of drilling a well.
Figure 1: Map of Bass permit PEL 182 displaying Vanessa gas field
Figure 2: Gas/liquids separator in place at Vanessa facility
Further detail on the Vanessa gas field potential and its role in commercialising the much larger gas
resource contained in PEL 182 is summarised in the investor presentation released to the ASX on 10
September 2025.
This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Directors of Bass Oil Limited.
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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