2025 Reserves and Contingent Resources
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Bass Oil Limited Level 5, 11-19 Bank Place, T + 61 3 9927 3000 admin@bassoil.com.au
ACN: 008 694 817 Melbourne 3000 F + 61 3 9614 6533 www.bassoil.com.au
Victoria, Australia
Release date: 26 March 2026
Reserves and Contingent Resources at 31 December 2025
Bass Oil Limited (ASX:BAS) is an Australian-listed oil producer that holds a majority interest in eight 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. The Company is debt free
and committed to creating value in both Australia and Indonesia.
Highlights
• Bass 2P (Proved plus Probable) oil Reserves of 0.796 million barrels, largely
unchanged year-on-year.
• Bass 2C Contingent Resources of 1.824 million barrels of oil equivalent, with key
activities in the Cooper Basin in 2026 to commercialise these resources.
Reserves
Bass Oil Limited (ASX:BAS) has completed the annual reserves review for its Australian and
Indonesian assets (figures 1 and 2). The Company’s 2P oil reserves at 31 December 2025 are
assessed to be 0.796 million barrels, largely unchanged year on year and are summarised herein.
Table 1 – Reserves at 31 December 2025
Field Reserves, Developed and Undeveloped (MMbbl)
1P (Proved) 2P (Proved & Probable)
3P (Proved, Probable &
Possible)
Australia 0.162 0.368 0.649
Indonesia 0.212 0.428 0.905
Total
Reserves
0.374 0.796 1.554
The key factors contributing to this result:
• In Australia, good production performance in key Worrior wells, largely offsetting production
• In Indonesia, strong production performance of the Bunian 3 well, largely offsetting
production
Bass’ producing assets in the Cooper Basin, South Australia, comprise the 100% owned and
operated Worrior and Padulla oil fields. The 2P Field Reserves for the Cooper Basin are assessed
as at 31 December 2025, to be 0.368 million barrels of oil.
Bass’ producing assets in the South Sumatra Basin, Indonesia comprise the 55% owned and
operated Bunian and Tangai oil fields in the Tangai-Sukananti KSO. In accordance with ASX
reporting requirements for fiscal environments that use production sharing contracts or similar,
Bass reports Net Entitlement Reserves for its Indonesian assets. The 2P Entitlement Field
Reserves in the Tangai-Sukananti KSO in Indonesia are assessed to be 0.428 million barrels of oil
net to Bass as of 31 December 2025.
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Net Entitlement Reserves are the share of cost oil and profit oil that Bass is entitled to receive
under the KSO signed with the Indonesian government body, PT Pertamina. The Net Entitlement
Reserves formula varies with the fiscal environment, cost recovery status, oil price and scheduled
contract expiry.
Contingent Resources
The total Bass share of 2C Field Contingent Resources as of 31 December 2025 are assessed to
be 1.824 million barrels of oil, largely unchanged year on year.
The Bass share of 2C Field Contingent Resources for the Cooper Basin in Australia are assessed
to be 1.760 million barrels of oil equivalent, largely unchanged year on year.
In the Cooper Basin, the Field Contingent Resources comprise volumes in the Worrior and Padulla
oil fields currently considered uneconomic but that may be converted to reserves under different
economic circumstances and/or with future projects aimed at extending the current economic
cut-offs, such as acceleration of production or reduced crude fuel consumption.
Additionally, the Worrior Field contains significant contingent resources of oil in the Murta
reservoir that may be converted to reserves post fracture stimulation. Planning to assess this
potential, with workover and fracture stimulation of 1-2 wells has commenced.
The Kiwi high liquids gas contingent resources are unchanged year on year, with raw gas 1C, 2C
and 3C contingent resources of 1.1, 3.6 and 11.5 Bcf respectively. These contingent resources are
expected to convert to reserves at a later date, pending the planned FEED work in 2026 and
continued assessment of the economics of a pipeline connection and associated infrastructure to
bring the gas to market.
The Bass share of 2C Field Contingent resources for the Tangai-Sukananti KSO are assessed to be
0.064 million barrels of oil. The Field Contingent Resources comprise volumes attributed to
currently producing or future planned wells in the Bunian Field that might be accessed if an
acceleration in the drilling and production can bring their exploitation forward.
Table 2 – Contingent Resources at 31 December 2025
Field Contingent Resources (MMboe)
1C 2C 3C
Worrior Oil 0.221 0.582 1.340
Kiwi Gas 0.360 1.178 3.763
Sub-total
Australia
0.581 1.760 5.103
Bunian Oil 0.015 0.064 0.740
Sub-total
Indonesia
0.015 0.064 0.740
Total
Contingent
Resources
0.596 1.824 5.843
Year-On-Year Movements in Reserves and Contingent Resources
In the Cooper Basin, there is a small decrease in year-on-year Reserves. This is due to continued
strong production performance in key Worrior wells largely offsetting the yearly production actuals
and lower oil price assumptions. The Contingent Resources are largely unchanged year on year.
In the Tangai-Sukananti KSO, there is a small increase in year-on-year 2P Reserves with production
largely offset by the strong performance of the Bunian 3 well. There is a small increase in 2C
Contingent Resources resulting from a delay in the development drilling program due to rig
availability.
Table 3 – Movements in Reserves & Resources at 31 December 2025
Field Reserves (MMbbl)
1P (Proved) 2P (Proved & Probable)
3P (Proved, Probable &
Possible)
Total Reserves 31/12/24 0.357 0.789 1.528
CY 2025 Production (0.065) (0.065) (0.065)
Revisions 0.082 0.072 0.091
Total Reserves 31/12/25 0.374 0.796 1.554
Field Contingent Resources (MMboe)
1C 2C 3C
Total Contingent
Resources 31/12/24
0.563 1.792 5.881
Revisions 0.033 0.032 (0.038)
Total Contingent
Resources 31/12/25
0.596 1.824 5.843
Notes on Calculation of Reserves and Resources
All reserves and resources are estimated by deterministic estimation methodologies consistent with
the definitions and guidelines in the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 2018 Petroleum
Resources Management System (PRMS).
Under the SPE PRMS guidelines, “Reserves are those quantities of petroleum anticipated to be
commercially recoverable by application of development projects to known accumulations from a
given date forward under defined conditions”. Net Entitlement Reserves are the reserves that Bass
has a net economic entitlement to. That is, a share of cost oil and profit oil that Bass is entitled to
receive under the KSO signed with the Indonesian government body, PT Pertamina.
Contingent Resources are “those quantities of petroleum estimated, as of a given date, to be
potentially recoverable from known accumulations by application of development projects, but
which are not currently considered to be commercially recoverable owing to one or more
contingencies”.
For the Worrior and Padulla oil fields in the Cooper Basin, decline curve analysis (DCA) was used to
determine the remaining technically recoverable volumes with an economic model overlay to
determine the economically recoverable reserves. The reserves are net of crude oil lease fuel.
The Dynamic Model for the TS-KSO in Indonesia was revised following the successful drilling of
Tangai-5 and has updated the oil volumetrics and development scenarios and drilling locations used
in this report. Additionally, a decline curve analysis (DCA) was conducted on the current wells. The
1P, 2P and 3P cases are a combination of the forecasts from both the Dynamic Model and the DCA
as deemed to best represent the field reserves.
Qualified Petroleum Reserves and Resources Evaluator Statement
The information contained in this report regarding the Bass Oil Limited reserves and contingent
resources is based on and fairly represents information and supporting documentation reviewed by
Mr Giustino Guglielmo who is an employee of Bass Oil Limited and holds a Bachelor of Engineering
(Mech). He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and a Fellow of the Institution
of Engineers Australia (FIEAust) and as such is qualified in accordance with ASX listing rule 5.4.1 and
has consented to the inclusion of this information in the form and context in which it appears.
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
About Bass Oil Limited:
Bass Oil Limited (ASX:BAS) is an Australian-listed oil producer that holds a majority interest in eight 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. The Company is debt free and committed to creating value by leveraging the competitive strengths of
its team, operating capability, reputation, and relationships in both Australia and Indonesia.
Bass is building towards a substantial onshore Australian and Indonesian oil & gas business with a clear focus on
expanding production in the Cooper Basin and in South Sumatra. Bass has a strong and committed shareholder base
with the Board and management holding over 10% of the issued capital.
Figure 1 Cooper Basin, Australia Location Map
Figure 2 Tangai-Sukananti KSO, Indonesia Location Map
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